Lady Macbeth Manipulation Essay

She is manipulative, vicious, devilish, and walks around with the demeanor of a domineering man. If you thought I was talking about your mother-in-law or step sister, well, you were wrong; I was discussing the assortment of atrocious attributes of Lady Macbeth. The central theme of this essay is that Lady Macbeth was the primary element of Duncan's demise. Like I expressed in the introduction, Lady Macbeth used manipulation to get what she wanted. To begin, I found that she insulted him and his masculinity (Lady Macbeth, I, vii, l. 49-51). When Macbeth told Lady Macbeth that he wasn't going to kill Duncan, she was furious. Lady Macbeth wanted Duncan dead so that she could become queen; so, she pressured Macbeth into killing him by questioning

whether his titles of brave, heroic, mighty, etc. were correct claims.Complementary to this, the text also says, "From this time such I account thy love" (Lady Macbeth, I, vii, l. 38-39). What she is saying in these two lines is that if Macbeth loved her, he would kill Duncan. She is using their relationship as an excuse for their argument, trying to pressure Macbeth into murdering their guest.

Another essential point from the text states, "Come, you spirits. . . of direst cruelty" (Lady Macbeth, I, v, l. 37-40). For Lady Macbeth to go through with the murder, she needed the sweetness from her femininity replaced with the foul bile of a sinister male. She used the spirits to change her to help commit the crime. To sum up, Lady Macbeth used the minds of being to get her way; however, there is more to prove Lady Macbeth has a higher role in the passing of Duncan. Macbeth doesn't want to murder Duncan. Seldom use, "Welcome hither, I have begun to plant thee and will labor to make these full of growing" (Duncan, I, iv, l. 28), from the text as an argument to prove Macbeth's innocence; but, this quote expresses a lot more that meets the eye. In this line, Duncan is talking to Macbeth about how he planted seeds and promised to grow them in his honor. Duncan showed kindness to him and expressed his gratitude toward Macbeth; so, then why would Macbeth want to kill Duncan? Yes, one could argue that Macbeth was the ring leader in their criminal endeavors when he says, "Let not light see my black and deep desires" (Macbeth I, iv, l. 51) which is when he states that he does ponder maniacal and macabre

thoughts. On the contrary, Macbeth couldn't have done it independent of external variables because he preached to Lady Macbeth, "To our own lips. . . The deep damnation of his taking-off" (Macbeth, I, vii, l. 12-20). This quote was when he was telling Lady Macbeth that he didn't want to go ahead with the plan. He was explaining to her that he couldn't because Duncan was his family, royal subject, his host, etc. If Macbeth expressed such resentment toward killing Duncan, how could he have done it if he hadn't have had any contributing factor? To summarize, the leading influence on Duncan's irreversible loss of homeostasis was Lady Macbeth. Previously explained, she used manipulation to get what she wanted and forced Macbeth into the plan when he wasn't willing to advance with their preconceived plan. While reading through the remaining of the tale of three black magic performing sisters, and anthropophagous equines, it left me wondering if anyone else in the story wanted Duncan dead as much as Lady Macbeth.