Macbeth
In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth starts as a loyal subject of Duncan. Macbeth is ambitious, and this ambition is a weakness that allows him to be manipulated by his wife and evil powers throughout the play. Macbeth's manipulation is formed in speeches, thoughts, and abnormal behaviour from many charcaters. When Shakespeare first tells us about Macbeth in the sergeant's report, Shakespeare leads us to believe that he a virtuous person who does only what is right. Given this, the perception is that Macbeth does what is right, and makes all his own decisions. However, this belief proves to be wrong. From the beginning of act 1 scene 5 until the murder of Duncan in act 2 scene 2, it is evident that Lady Macbeth manipulates and convinces Macbeth into murdering Duncan. This is the only part of the play where Lady Macbeth has control over Macbeth. After Duncan's murder, Macbeth is driven by evil powers. Furthermore, Lady Macbeth's knowledge of Macbeth's ambition allows her to manipulate him. Proof of this is visible in her thoughts "[t]hou wouldst be great, / Art not without ambition, but without / The illness should attend it" ( I.v.17-19). This speech and small implications from the letter, shows that
Keeping this in mind, Shakespeare stills portrays Lady Macbeth as a woman with a murderous heart using the speech "[h]ad he not resembled / My father as he slept, I had done't" (II. Later, in the play, Macbeth decides not to murder Duncan but rather, carry on serving as his Thane. Since she had previously asked the "spirits that / Tend on mortal thoughts" (I. Had the witches not revealed his future to him, and played on his ambition, he could never have think such evil thoughts against the future King. When the witches show Macbeth the first apparition in act 4 scene 1, it tells him "beware Macduff, / Beware the Thane of Fife" (IV. Later in the play, Lady Macbeth becomes afraid of the darkness, which describes a completely different Lady Macbeth from the beginning of the play. Upon hearing such reassuring news, Macbeth now believes he leads a charmed life; and is adamant even when the English army and the enraged Macduff attacks his castle. In addition, when Macbeth hires murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance, it is all because Macbeth now believes in the witch's power to foretell the future. Macbeth is behaving beyond reasoning for him to wish such a bad fate to a good friend of his; hence, he is being controlled by an evil power, in this case, the witches. Not only does that mean Fleance will kill him, it also means that Macbeth has killed Duncan for Fleance's gain.
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