Examples Of Manipulation In Macbeth

Macbeth was written by Shakespeare, one of the greatest writers of all time. Macbeth's story is about a nice normal man that turns into straight evil by manipulation and his horrible, despicable,insane wife. If you haven’t read Macbeth then these next few sentences will help you understand. Manipulation is what makes Macbeth the story that it is. The wife and the three witches are the reason for all the murders that Macbeth has done is because of them. Putting ideas and thoughts in his head pushed of the edge. Macbeth did kill all those people by himself and his self thoughts but they started him up on the wrong path. The witches came out of the fog and told Macbeth that he would be king and told him he would have to do things to make it happen.

The witches start manipulating before the race even starts, you're only a few pages in and bame there already ruining this man's mental state. In the text it says,”All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!" "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!" (Act I, iii, line LIII). This quote shows that the witches told Macbeth that he will be king when the next king dies. This gives Macbeth and his wife an idea that if we kill him then he will be king. You have to remember that the witches are straight evil. They are throwing him into a trap. In act II there is also a very good example of manipulation. He is starting to see things that are not real. In the text it says,”Is this a dagger which I see before me? The handle toward my hand?”He thinks that there is a dagger in his hand because of how crazy he is. He can’t even think straight. He is out of his mind because of all the killing.(Act II scene i, line

In act III Macbeth starts seeing children in a line walking right to him. The witches are trying to scare him with the truth. In the text it says,”They hailed him father to a line of kings. Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown.” (Act III scene i line 45).He thinks he can see all the kings in a line which is not really happening. Act IV has an even better example that makes one of the best quotes in the book. In the text it says,"Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn / The power of man, for none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth" (Act IV scene IV line 81) No man who is born from a woman can defeat Macbeth, later proven true because Macduff was born by c-section, sets Macbeth up for failure by giving him false hope. The witches were giving Mecbath false hope the whole