In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, characters such as the three supernatural witches, Hecate, and Lady Macbeth use psychological manipulation, the act of exploiting or controlling someone by using deception and abusive tactics. They control and persuade the protagonist Macbeth to eventually commit atrocities that destroy not only himself, but the lives of many people he once trusted. Macbeth, though once humble and loyal to his king and country, loses his initial heroistic traits that he possesses at the beginning of the play to the very idea of becoming king himself. Therefore, the tactics of psychological and emotional manipulation that these characters use are entirely effective.
Towards the beginning of the play, Macbeth is told his fate …show more content…
To do so, she creates apparitions who will trick Macbeth to get his confidence built up so his fall will be even greater, “He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear. And you all know, security Is mortals' chiefest enemy.” (Mac.III.v 30-33). While Hecate doesn’t necessarily exploit Macbeth, she uses others such as the witches and apparitions to do the job for …show more content…
Unlike the witches, the apparitions were somewhat more descriptive with their prophecies, because of this, they were able to overwhelm him with what he thought as great news, but was really a way tricking him into thinking that he was invincible. “Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth.”(Mac.IV.i 81) But while being more descriptive they were also twisting the truth (14 Signs…). At the end of the play, it is Macduff who slays Macbeth, but as the prophecy stated, he shouldn't be killed by anyone who was given birth by a woman. As it seems, Macduff was taken out of his mother's womb unnaturally, so in a sense, the prophecy was somewhat right, but obviously he was still given life from a woman but the apparitions said it that way to trick him by withholding information (14
Towards the beginning of the play, Macbeth is told his fate …show more content…
To do so, she creates apparitions who will trick Macbeth to get his confidence built up so his fall will be even greater, “He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear. And you all know, security Is mortals' chiefest enemy.” (Mac.III.v 30-33). While Hecate doesn’t necessarily exploit Macbeth, she uses others such as the witches and apparitions to do the job for …show more content…
Unlike the witches, the apparitions were somewhat more descriptive with their prophecies, because of this, they were able to overwhelm him with what he thought as great news, but was really a way tricking him into thinking that he was invincible. “Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth.”(Mac.IV.i 81) But while being more descriptive they were also twisting the truth (14 Signs…). At the end of the play, it is Macduff who slays Macbeth, but as the prophecy stated, he shouldn't be killed by anyone who was given birth by a woman. As it seems, Macduff was taken out of his mother's womb unnaturally, so in a sense, the prophecy was somewhat right, but obviously he was still given life from a woman but the apparitions said it that way to trick him by withholding information (14