Lady Macbeth Persuasive Speech

After being named Thane of Cawdor, he doesn’t know if he will be destined to be king or whether he will have to do it himself. Macbeth says "That is a step/

/For it is thine. ¨ King Duncan had noticed the loyalty Macbeth displayed to his home by serving the country, and since the King knew of the traitorous Thane of Cawdor, King Duncan had awarded Macbeth the next Thane of Cawdor, just as how the witches predictions. As Macbeth keeps dwelling on the sister witches’ prophecies we can infer, Macbeth wants this fortunes to come true, so the news brought by the two men must sound exciting to Macbeth. Macbeth knew he would be the Thane of Glamis and Cawdor now but power tends to go straight to people 's head and now he wants to be king, the evident through lines 149 and 160 “Cannot be ill, cannot be good: if ill, / Why hath it given me earnest of success, / Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor: If good, why do I yield to that suggestion / Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair / And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, / Against the use of nature? Present fears / Are less than horrible imaginings: / My thought, whose

The manner in which he became Thane of Cawdor immediately following the 'weird sister's' predictions strikes him solely as a coincidence, but initiates his musings as to how it would feel to be King. Upon his return Lady Macbeth endeavors to show Macbeth the manner in which his dreams that he dismissed as impossibilities, could become realities. Lady Macbeth attempted to convince him of the righteousness of the act, luring him with images of being king. He answered, still clutching at his original morals:

I forsake you and your cruel intentions as a traitor to the crown. Your actions correlate with treason and must be held accountable in a court of law. Moreover, You must reveal your wrongdoing and take responsibility for your bloodthirsty ambition. As vile as your heart’s aspiration is, betraying your own people is an unacceptable method to achieve success. How could you slaughter the very man who dines in your castle and promotes you? Wisdom often tends to distinguish men with hopeful determination from fools with fallacious ambition. Shall I declare you a fool? Nevertheless, Macbeth, admit your exploits to the people and accept your punishment. Destiny is never guaranteed, and fate cannot justify senseless actions.

This speech is one that is one of the most revealing in Macbeth - it illustrates Lady Macbeth’s values throughout the beginning of the play. Her anger when Macbeth tells her he does not want to continue with the plan to murder Duncan demonstrates the importance that she places on loyalty and keeping of word. “I would…dash’d the brains out, had I so sworn.” - Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth’s willingness to sacrifice her own child should she have promised to do so is a demonstration of valuing loyalty - not only to people, but to her own word. This anger is also displayed through her telling Macbeth that his decision makes him less than a man, evidence of her belief that men were supposed to be ruthless and cunning. This belief was founded earlier in the play, where Lady Macbeth calls on the spirits to ‘unsex her’. Furthermore, Lady Macbeth criticises Macbeth for attempting to back out of the plan just when the time was right to commit the murder, which she planned herself. This

Initially, Macbeth is viewed as a brave and loyal soldier, with Duncan praising him by expressing that “More is thy due than more than all can pay” (1.4.21). At this point, he has not been influenced by the three witches. Yet, by Duncan implying his importance, Macbeth gains a sense of self-worth and this arouses power within. His clear desire to be titled Thane of Cawdor while then having a growing temptation to commit regicide clearly demonstrate the early stages of his corruption and forms a basis for utilizing illegitimate power.

Good morning/afternoon everyone. It is my pleasure to represent Macbeth in this very important case. Today I am here to prove that Macbeth is in fact - INNOCENT and should not be punished for the accusation of the regicide of our beloved King Duncan, the murder of the two guards and the conspiracy to commit the murder of Banquo and his son Fleance.

Outline Thesis: One must view the play as a vision that a person's fortune can be changed by events and choices. I. Introduction II. The witches foretold Macbeth's fortune to be king (Act1, Scene iii, L50) A. Choice - Macbeth decided to kill the king ( Act 2, Scene ii, L33-65) B. Event - Lady Macbeth persuaded Macbeth ( Act1, Scene vii, L35-46) III. Macbeth became the king (Act iii, Scene I, L20-30)

Ladies and gentleman of the jury. Sitting before you today is a man accused of the murder of Duncan, the King of Scotland. The prosecution will portray Macbeth as an ambitious man, one who plotted to murder his own cousin, so that he could lay claim to the title of the crown. But the issue in this case is not whether Macbeth murdered the deceased. This fact is not disputed. What you must determine is whether Macbeth was of sound mind when he committed this act. Evidence showed that this was not so. In fact, Macbeth was the victim in this crime. It was he, who was possessed and brainwashed by the evil witches. Then it was Lady Macbeth who took advantage of his state of mind. She pushed him over the edge to fulfil her ambitions of being

Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!/ All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” (Shakespeare I.III.52-53). The diction in the phrase “..hail Macbeth!..Thane of Cawdor...shalt be king hereafter” demonstrates to Macbeth and the audience that he will become king and the Thane of Cawdor, thus beginning the whirlwind of tragedy and murders. A little while later Ross (the king’s messenger) enters and brings the news to Macbeth that he has been given the title of the Thane of Cawdor. He is shocked to learn that the first part of his prophecy had already come true, which enabled him to believe that what the witches said may hold truth. Learning this instills a treacherous thought in his mind and he begins to imagine being king, which enables him a sense of what it would feel like to be in position of such grand power. Once he had his taste, Macbeth hungered for more, becoming addicted on the high of being powerful. He was driven by his lust for power and eventually acceded to murdering his cousin, the King only so he could depose Duncan then he and his wife, Lady Macbeth,

Julio Villarreal English 4-W Professor Zirulnik January 18, 2015 The Tragedy of Macbeth Macbeth and his wife invite thanes of Scotland to a banquet with means of proving themselves throne-worthy. Much like the ethereal dagger that leads to Duncan's room, the ghost of Banquo appears at the banquet constantly, pushing Macbeth into random fits of rage and despair. Macbeth’s first order of events as a king is this exquisite banquet, a supposed representation of great discipline and benevolence, which becomes a wicked mockery of itself. Instead of Macbeth gathering with his subjects as he would wish, he is thrown off by the bloody apparition of his former ally. Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel tackles Macbeth in a true-to-the-origin fashion in

I know that you and your friend Banquo have met three witches, who argued that Banquo's descendants would be kings, but you who were first named as Thane of Glamis, and then Thane of Cawdor telling you that you will be the next king from Scotland and thanks to this you are taking the decision to kill the king, as your friend it is my duty is to tell you that you are about to commit the worst mistake of your life, I will tell you some reasons why. First, you should protect the king and not kill him, second, your conscience will not leave you alone, and many bad things can happen, and finally, that you must consider Regicide is a serious crime because killing the ruler of the country is a grievous offense.

In the beginning of the play, the witches make three prophecies. First, that Macbeth will become the Thane of Cawdor. The second part of the prophecy is that Macbeth will become King. The third prophecy being that Banquo will be father to future kings. When Macbeth first hears the prophecy, Duncan holds the position as king. King duncan is also a very loved king by his people. Macbeth and Duncan even have a good relationship. Macbeth is Duncan’s greatest war hero and because of Macbeth’s great success in battle, Duncan rewards him by promoting him to the position of Thane of Cawdor. With this promotion, Macbeth realizes that the witches first prophecy was true. With this realization, Macbeth’s head begins to fill with thoughts of killing King Duncan to speed up the process so that he can become king. When he tells his wife of the prophecies and his promotion, she becomes extremely

Macbeth's feels that his destiny is to become King and rule with all the power that goes with kingship. The three witches on his way back to the kingdom, prophesied that he would rise to kingship. They said "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis" (I, 3, 48), and then as the thane of Cawdor "All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor" (I, 3, 49). At this point in the play Macbeth had just become thane of Glamis, and the thane of Cawdor is still alive. Then, the witches greeted Macbeth as the King of Scotland saying "All hail, Macbeth! That shalt be King hereafter" (I, 3, 50). This is the point in the tragedy where Macbeth starts to think as a villain. If the witches had never greeted him as King on Scotland, then he would probably never have contemplated killing Duncan in the first place. At first, he believes that he will need to kill King Duncan. Though at the end of Act 1, Scene 3, he thinks that perhaps he doesn't need to do anything to become the king saying "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir.", showing he is a man of honor and morals. Then, Lady Macbeth hears of the prophecy in his letters and decides immediately for him that King Duncan must die, showing Macbeth's doubt. An

Persuasion is a powerful and threatening tool against those who are weak. It can sway one's decisions between good and evil, concealing judgment and jading the conscience. It plays the critical role of a spectral villain, an invisible danger to the protagonist in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Macbeth is a victim of persuasion of others, making him ultimately not responsible for his actions. Macbeth's own partner Lady Macbeth persuades her husband to commit murder and fulfill his ambition. The three witches and their Queen influence Macbeth's decisions through the use of predictions as well as the supernatural. Lastly, the three apparitions conjured by the witches play a very crucial role in establishing Macbeth's fate through their