There are many types of different power that can affect a person's actions and the way they handle pressure. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, the power of manipulation is used in the play to influence characters to do things that they don’t think is right or would be wise.

Characters such as Lady Macbeth uses her power to convince Macbeth to kill Duncan and become king so they can have more power than they already have. In act 1, scene 3 the quote “unsex me here” shows that Lady Macbeth is asking to be stripped of her feminine weakness and wants to become more masculine so that she is viewed as stronger. another quote from act 1, scene 3 "make thick my blood. Stop up the access and passage to remorse, that no compunctious visitings of nature