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Power In Macbeth Act 1

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Macbeth Act 1 Macbeth learns that he is to be the next king through three witches, and his wife does everything in her power to make this prophecy come true. Lady Macbeth tries many different tactics of persuasion, like insulting his manhood. As stated in Macbeth Act 1 sc. 7, her husband’s response that “I dare do all that may become a man. Who dares do more is none” does not stop or slow down her determination to convince Macbeth to kill the king and take the throne. Eventually, after constant nagging from Lady Macbeth, her husband finally agrees to follow through with her murderous plan, but it sounds like he’s just saying it to get her to stop talking about it when he says, “I am settled and bend up / Each corporal agent to this terrible

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