Introduction:
The play Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a tragic and darkness-themed play that illustrates internal conflict within characters and paranoia. In this passage, we can see how Shakespeare tries to convey to the audience how Lady Macbeth is trying to manipulate Macbeth’s actions into the dark, which is the main theme of the play. Shakespeare uses a variety of sophisticated words and techniques to display Lady Macbeth’s anger and frustration with Macbeth. Lady Macbeth tries to force Macbeth into doing sinful actions, this then creates internal conflict within Macbeth since he has never imagined doing such things.
Main body paragraph 1:
In this passage, Shakespeare conveys how Lady Macbeth tries to manipulate Macbeth’s actions to the dark by using refined and complex techniques and words to give more power and emotion to the sentence. “Art thou afeared To be the same in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire?” We can tell that Lady Macbeth is testing Macbeth by asking him if he is afraid to kill King Duncan. Lady Macbeth is also asking Macbeth if he would rather gain the throne through his act of bravery (killing King Duncan) or wait for it and get it by cowardliness. This triggers Macbeth’s feelings towards gaining the throne. After Macbeth gets somewhat convinced into killing the king, he asks Lady Macbeth what would happen if they failed, and she replies “We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking place”. Not only does Lady Macbeth play games on Macbeth to manipulate his doings and convince him into killing the king, but she also then insults him by saying “Screw your courage” even after Macbeth has become convinced. Leaving Macbeth feeling awful by the last sentence makes him feel cheap and also reflecting on himself, he now knows he cannot back up because Lady Macbeth will be insulting him if he did. This is the turning point for Macbeth, this is when he starts to slightly change into the dark just like Lady Macbeth.
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Main body paragraph 2:
After Lady Macbeth’s verbal assault, Macbeth feels extremely rough, this is when he starts to have an internal conflict with himself, wanting to turn back into the light but at the same time cannot because of Lady Macbeth. We can see attempts from Macbeth to back out of doing the sinful actions Lady Macbeth is convincing him to do. “If we should fail?”, Macbeth asks Lady Macbeth what would happen if they fail, she quickly realizes his attempt at backing out and replies with 'We fail!”. This makes Macbeth feel disappointed since she did not give a straight answer, This also displays how Lady Macbeth has turned completely into the dark and not only does not care about what happens to her husband if he gets caught but also what happens to her. Also since she realizes Macbeth’s attempt at backing out, she then says “And we'll not fail” to keep Macbeth’s hopes up of not failing and to keep in mind the fact that they are not going to fail, although Lady Macbeth is unsure of that, but she does not want him to back out.
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The last paragraph brings me to the point that Lady Macbeth does not care about Macbeth and herself and does not share the same concerns as Macbeth. Throughout this passage, lady Macbeth does not even think about the negatives that may face her and her husband, she does not think about backing out. “We will proceed no further in this business,” Macbeth says, telling Lady Macbeth he will not kill the king, however, this is before Lady Macbeth starts to talk back to him, convincing him to do the sinful actions she wants him to do. “And wakes it now, to look so green and pale” on Lady Macbeth’s side, she is telling Macbeth that he has woken up so green and pale and full of light. This is where Lady Macbeth plays games with Macbeth and tells him “From this time Such I account thy love”, she is telling Macbeth that he doesn’t love her although Macbeth loves her more than anything else in the world, lady Macbeth knows that in mind, she uses it as a way to to get him to listen to her and do what she wants. She uses this sentence to get him into the dark side she is on since she knows that he is concerned, and she does not care about what happens to him. However, Macbeth does not know that Lady Macbeth does not care about him, and he thinks that she is telling him to do these actions for the greater good and his favor.
Conclusion:
To conclude, This all relates to the fact that Lady Macbeth is clearly expressed by Shakespeare as a manipulating and controlling character within this part of the play, as she can make Macbeth commit the murder of King Duncan for her through multiple points and phrases within the play by insulting his masculinity, his leadership and his courage to act such as this one. Throughout the figurative language and dramatic techniques used, Shakespeare can give the viewers a basic, yet clear view on an illustration of Lady Macbeth’s personality and ethics.
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