Lady Macbeth Manipulation

The Tragedy of Macbeth is not only one of William Shakespeare’s most famous works, it’s also one of his most known and revered, and remains in school curriculum all over the United States. Many different themes can be taken from the tragedy of Macbeth, and the phrase,” Look like th’ innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t” reflects the theme of deception, manipulation, and ambition completely. Through careful analysis of just the first act, you can see that Lady Macbeth justifies a distinctive correlation between the tragedy of Macbeth, and the three main themes listed above.

Manipulation can serve as a very impressive social tool in order to bend someone's will to fulfill your agenda and trick them into carrying out a specific action. To manipulate is to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner. This is prevalent in the tragic play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Macbeth, an ambitious general, is manipulated by both his wife and three witches to commit heinous crimes. The witches manipulate Macbeth by using his faith in the supernatural to force him to carry out certain actions. As well, they present him with deceiving prophecies to give him false confidence. Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth by questioning his manhood

The witches manipulate Macbeth into becoming a murdering, power-hungry evil being, by telling him, “someday you’ll be king.” “I'll drain him dry as hay. Sleep shall neither night nor day Hang upon his penthouse lid. He shall live a man forbid. Weary sev'n nights, nine times nine, Shall he dwindle, peak, and pine.” (I,i) The witches use the two other prophecies to get in the mind of Macbeth. They say that Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor, and Banquo will be the father of future generations of kings. Though his bark cannot be lost, Yet it shall be tempest-tossed.They give Macbeth a false sense of security with the visions they perceive. These influential women are the ones that instill the idea of murdering the king. Macbeth lets greed get the best of him. The witches sway Macbeth into killing Duncan for the throne. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” (I,i) The Witches intend to turn Macbeth from his good ways, into something evil. As the only character that understands their cruelty, the witches want Macbeth dead. The witches give Macbeth the temptation to kill the king by telling him their prophecies. In the end,

“Macbeth” and “Macbeth retold” by Mark Brozel, share many comparisons yet have many vital differences.

   In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, the characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth decide, in a great fit of ambition, to kill King Duncan.  Later in the play we see the same two characters undergo a transformation in their personalities after murdering the King.  Macbeth begins the play as a noble soldier and gradually changes into an ambitious and murdering tyrant.  Lady Macbeth begins as a strong, ambitious woman who dominates her husband and gradually changes into a weak and guilt-ridden woman.  This essay will explore the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth before and after the murder of King Duncan.

But the witches who could supposedly foretell the future, add temptation, and influence Macbeth. They had told Macbeth that he would be King he became impatient and tried to hurry it as quickly as he could. But they cannot control his destiny. Macbeth creates his own misery when he is driven by his own sense of guilt. This causes him to become insecure as to the reasons for his actions, which in turn causes him to commit more murders. The witches offer great enticement, but it is in the end, each individual’s decision to fall for the temptation, or to be strong enough to resist their captivation. The three Witches are only responsible for the introduction of these ideas and for further forming ideas in Macbeth head, but they are not responsible for his actions throughout the play.

Who wouldn’t want to use a tool so powerful, you can make anybody do what you’d like? Manipulation. A power that Lady Macbeth has mastered. The Tragedy of Macbeth is a tragedy written play by William Shakespeare. Lady Macbeth is the most manipulative character in the play.

The play, Macbeth, is established around the central idea that once you have completely abandoned your mind, morals, and being you lose everything you have. It is clear that the acts committed by the conflicted and mislead Macbeth, have the potential to shatter him as a mortal, such is the overall theme of Macbeth. But, when contemplating the presence of the unnatural forces in the play it is difficult to truly decipher what is meant by their intentions. The intervention of the supernatural evidently helps to assemble the play’s key theme of self demise, yet it can be viewed that supernatural manipulation can alter one’s fate such as that of Macbeth and his later death.“To know my deed ‘twere best not know myself” states Macbeth (act 2

The theme of manipulation and deceit in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Emily Bronte’s wuthering heights. Men and women have many ways of betraying and manipulating their peers and lovers. Women often become too manipulative in their relationships. Manipulation is seldom a good thing to do to a spouse.

Witches are often the scapegoat for humans when something goes wrong as the malevolence of these witches can turn loyal subjects into mercurial rulers. Macbeth is one of these instances as he is manipulated irrevocably by the witches and is also pressured by his wife to murder the king. The Macbeths soon receive the crown, but continually murder their friends in hopes of securing their title longer. Karma soon arrives and Lady Macbeth is haunted by their actions to the point where she kills herself. Macbeth is not left without repercussions either as his tyrant ruling is met with a fatal end when the rebels battle him for the crown.

Motives are a part of people’s everyday lives. People use motives to explain why they did something. William Shakespeare is a well-known play writer from the 1600s. Shakespeare is known for his tragedies like Macbeth. “Macbeth was written between 1606-1607 and published in the First Folio of 1623” (Bevington).

Imagine feeling in control; like every choice made was your own doing and what you envisioned. However this is all an illusion. In reality there is someone else, whispering every move made into your ear and steering you in a specific direction. They are like a puppet master. They have dominance over your thoughts and movements without you realizing it.

In every story, each character has an influence. Some may be positive and heroic, some evil and dark. Through the actions of certain characters in Macbeth, Shakespeare shows the destruction that manipulation causes. Lady Macbeth is able to persuade Macbeth into committing acts of malice that his own ambition would never lead him to. She is incredibly impulsive in her ways, which ultimately helps intensify her desire for Macbeth to murder, “This ignorant present, and I feel now the future in the instant” (I.v.44-45).

In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Macbeth is portrayed as a character of tragic hero who slowly destroys himself by his own selfish ambitions. Macbeth is responsible for all his own actions, even with the influences of Lady Macbeth and the witches. Although Macbeth was misled by the witches’ prophecies, he did not have to listen to them nor act on it. Despite his conscience insisting him not to take the wrong path, he made the decision on his first murder of King Duncan. His actions towards his murders were his own self-doing, which led to the death of Banquo and Macduff’s family without being manipulated at all.

Jean-Francois Vernay looks at the story of macbeth as “Macbeth is a play of deception and self-deception”. Murders are everywhere in the play.The characters take control throughout the play.Macbeth meets his fate by being talked into doing things.Lady Macbeth is one that questions macbeth on the things he does.