Act 1, Scene 7 - Macbeth
Macbeth by William Shakespeare, follows the path of Macbeth, and his rise to king, as well as his downfall. Throughout the play, it slowly depicts the deterioration of Macbeth’s sanity, and his rise to and fall from grace. Act 1, Scene 7 of Macbeth, begins with Macbeth’s soliloquy, in which Macbeth talks himself out of killing Duncan, saying that he is a good, virtuous king. However, enter Lady Macbeth, who is outraged by the thought of Macbeth backing out of the task. She persuades Macbeth, to get back on track by using strategies such as humiliation, questioning of his manhood, degrading him and eventually, building him back up. Shakespeare, through Lady Macbeth, uses a lot of imagery, ...
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himself that it is not the right thing to do saying “...I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition”. When Lady Macbeth enters, and hears that he is no longer going to commit to the deed, she calls him a coward, and insults him till no end. She manipulates him, because she knows EXACTLY which buttons to press, and which words will hurt him most deeply. “...From this time such I account thy love. Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire?” She knows, that by saying this, Macbeth will feel that he is letting her down, that he is not fit to be her husband if he does not follow through with the assassination. Shakespeare creates imagery in this section of the scene, by Lady Macbeth referring to Macbeth by saying ‘Like the poor cat i’ the adage’. The cat in the adage, would be a metaphor, in which Macbeth would be the cat, who sees and wants the fish in the water, but will not go in after it, for the fear of ...
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