Manipulation In Macbeth

Lady Macbeth is undoubtedly a cunningly powerful character. After Lady Macbeth learns of the witches’ prophecy that her husband will become the Thane of Cawdor, her greed drives her to instantly implant poison into her husband’s mind, giving him lethal thoughts of murdering the innocent King Duncan so he can seize the throne immediately. She says, “Come, you spirits/That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,/And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full/Of direst cruelty” (1.5,30-33). Lady Macbeth calls on the spirits to remove her feminine weakness and replace it with cruelty so that she can have the ability to commit cold-blooded murder. Lady Macbeth not only has the capacity to kill, but can also lie convincingly. When King Duncan visits

Also, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are both strong conveyors of deceit. From the onset on the play, Macbeth is characterized as strong and loyal to his king and country. However, once the witches’ prophecy is planted in his head, his thirst for King is so intense that it cannot be quenched and slowly his admirable traits are erased. When Macbeth is preparing for the King’s arrival at his house, he starts to question his murderous thoughts. He states that the King will be here in “double trust” , for Macbeth will be his hostess and will also be acting as a subject of the state. How can he possibly do such a grim task? The answer is Lady Macbeth. She lusts after becoming Queen and living a life of fantasy and does everything in her power to persuade her husband to kill the King. She questions his courage, she feeds his ego and she emasculates poor Macbeth all in an effort to get what she wants disguised as what is best for him. When he agrees, she tells him to “look like th’innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t” in order to commit this regicide. Lady Macbeth, such a beautiful woman, is actually a cunning, strategic and determined lady – so determined that she’s willing to risk everything and make her husband lie to the king and betray him. It’s funny how things are not always what they appear to be.

In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the author uses manipulation to show the protagonist’s downfall rests in the hands of females. The females manipulate Macbeth into doing what they want. They constantly agitate and unnerve Macbeth, forcing him to go against his will. Even when Macbeth wants to do the right thing, these cruel females push him against human nature.

Macbeth, although manipulated by the witches and persuaded by his wife, is ultimately responsible for his own actions. At the beginning of the play, he is portrayed as the noble and courageous hero; by the end, however, the audience sees his brutal and power-hungry character drives him to fulfil his ambition. The three witches manipulate Macbeth through prophecies foretelling his fate. Lady Macbeth is also partly to blame for her taunting and eventual encouragement of her husband, leading him to his immoral choices. In the end, it is Macbeth’s many character flaws that drive him to his poor decisions and fateful end.

In William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth", manipulation is a very effective device. The main character Macbeth is a puppet controlled by the words coming from the three witches and Lady Macbeth. The four troublemakers provide Macbeth with the motivation and confidence he needs to kill Duncan and perform other dark actions. Macbeth is very ambitious; there’s no doubt about this. However, there is no sign of him changing from a loyal man to a power hungry man. That is until outside influences begin to interfere with his life. The people with the greatest impact on Macbeth are his wife, Lady Macbeth and the witches. However, he then learns to manipulate others himself. In the end, all the treachery is revealed and he realizes

Because she is assertive, she manipulates Macbeth by saying, “shall sun that morrow see.” Before Lady Macbeth said anything, Macbeth was going to let Duncan go but because of Lady Macbeth’s assertiveness, she manipulated Macbeth into killing Duncan. On top of being assertive, Lady Macbeth also downgrades people as a way to show her masculinity and her ability to manipulate Macbeth. When Macbeth and Lady Macbeth argue about the plan to kill Duncan they say, “We will proceed no further in this business...  Was the hope drunk Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?” (1.7.32-37). When Macbeth does not want to go through with the plan of killing Duncan Lady Macbeth has a downgrading tone towards Macbeth. Lady Macbeth uses harsh words like “wherein you dressed yourself” and “Hath it slept since” to manipulate Macbeth into killing Duncan instead of using positive words. Because of this, Macbeth kills Duncan out of manipulation. Lady Macbeth uses her masculinity to manipulate Macbeth’s actions.

But despite Macbeth’s desire to take the throne, he does not want to kill Duncan. What pushes Macbeth over the edge is Lady Macbeth. She tells Macbeth to follow his ambitions and kill Duncan. She says that murdering Duncan is not a sin, and that it is all worth it for the crown. These words from Lady Macbeth’s mouth are what made Macbeth decide to follow through and commit murder. “I am settled and bend up each corporal agent to this terrible feat.” (1.7.92-93). Macbeth will do the act, but he is very reluctant to do so. In conclusion, Macbeth’s ambitions and his loyalty towards Lady Macbeth are huge factors for why Macbeth was torn, and why he decided to kill Duncan.

Altering what he thinks is right or wrong and helping him with the murder are reasons why Lady Macbeth is responsible for the demise of Duncan. Macbeth, at first does not want to kill his kinsman, his king who is here in double trust (Act 1 Scene 7 Lines 13), it is simply unnatural to do so, yet so is the woman in 1606 Scotland altering the decision of a Thane. Lady Macbeth, has eagerly done her part of making the guests drunk (Act 1 Scene 7 Line 35), and is in desperation for the murder to occur.

The witches gave Macbeth a nudge in the direction of becoming king, but Lady Macbeth shoves him in that direction. Lady Macbeth understand that that Macbeth does not have the backbone to go through with this when she points out that he “is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness” (I.5.16). After convincing Macbeth to murder Duncan, Macbeth talks himself out of it once again and “will proceed no farther in this business” (I.7.31). Lady Macbeth, finally, resorts to taunts and questions whether Macbeth is a man since a man was suppose to be true to their word and intentions. Lady Macbeth is the epitome of a puppet master and know how to influence Macbeth into doing what she wants him to do through her unique diction. As a result, Lady Macbeth was the one who introduces Macbeth to murder which he later becomes addicted to as he laments, “I am in blood / Stepped in it so far that, should I wade no more,/Returning were as tedious as go o’ver” (III.4.136-138). Murder is like a drug. Once it is introduced, it will be commonly

Lady Macbeth feels that Macbeth is too kind-hearted and guilt ridden, which causes her to manipulate Macbeth. Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to kill King Duncan but Macbeth is not very content about this idea, she then uses manipulation to make him feel like less than a man by stating, “Which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem”(1.7.42-42). Once Macbeth told Lady Macbeth that he did not feel comfortable killing the King Lady Macbeth had to decrease his manliness and make him feel like a dastard. The feeling of being weak forced Macbeth to gain the courage and the hard heartedness to kill King Duncan. Manipulation is not the only way the Lady Macbeth is able to get through Macbeth and make him change his mind.

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In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the theme “People are easily manipulated” is illustrated by the dialogue of the witches; Macbeth's manipulation by L. Macbeth and the dialogue between Macbeth and the murderers. Today, people manipulate others by telling them what they want to hear, people also manipulate others through derision and insults to get them to comply, people also manipulate others with lies to get them to do something that they would not do themselves. It is important for us to learn about manipulation as it does not happen to us. The witches manipulated Macbeth because to mess with him; they told him what he wanted to hear.

Lady Macbeth is one of the most dominant characters in the play Macbeth because of her ambitious, manipulative and deceitful nature. Lady Macbeth’s ambition is her most consuming trait. It is expressed in the quote “Come, you spirits/ that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here/and fill me from the crown to the toe topfull/of direst cruelty”(I.v.l.39-42). This famous quote said by Lady Macbeth is about how she wishes to be more like a man so she can kill Duncan herself, which proves that she is willing to take any measures possible to earn success for her and her her husband Macbeth. Additionally, Lady Macbeth is a manipulative character . Her controlling nature is exhibited when she manipulates her husband into killing the king, by saying

At the very beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth is provoked by the letter she receives by Macbeth and starts plotting the murder of Duncan. She also wishes she were a man such that she could commit the murder all by herself saying so in Act 1 Scene 5, “Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty” (Macbeth 1.5.36-52). She appeals to these spirits to remove all aspects of her femininity and seeks to gain power through the prophecy of the witches. Her fear about the ability of her husband to commit the murder is subdued in her designated gender. Lady Macbeth manages her feminine power through her sensuality and pretended weakness through her fainting streak at the notice of Duncan’s death. Manipulation, usually through sexuality is often depicted as the source of women’s power still Lady Macbeth uses this power of hers to commit murder, a masculine demonstration of power. Lady Macbeth in her soliloquy about the planning of Duncan’s death refers to her husband as an individual who plays honestly and does not engage in wrongdoing.

Manipulation is key in the play, clearly driving to bad intentions because of Macbeth’s curiosity. Lady Macbeth drives Macbeth on a personal level, questioning him and his manhood – “Bring forth men-children only; for thy undaunted mettle should compose. Nothing but males.” – When he was considering to not kill Duncan, which shows desperation alongside annoyance with Macbeth trying to hold onto his morals. Macbeth is a tragic war hero, and using his manhood against him would be a meticulous and personal weakness for him. Using emotive language towards Macbeth would trigger a sentential side of him, not wanting to embarrass his pride by refusing; Lady Macbeth conveys a need for murdering King Duncan, showing emotion and unsettlement when Macbeth questions her, needing control of the situation. The immediacy of alarm with Lady Macbeth could also raise questions if she is a typical villain, feeling and having a subconscious emotive technique. Shakespeare shows manipulation as a tool of strength to Lady Macbeth and the Witches. She is shown to have no subconscious morally correct thought and this is shown throughout, the first time the audience meets her in the play, she automatically commutates the villainous vibe as well as the