Lady Macbeth Figurative Language

Lady Macbeth is exhibited as a manipulative and forceful character who negatively influences other characters through Shakespeare’s use of harsh word choice and author’s craft elements in the passage above. Macbeth was refusing to kill King Duncan because he knew in his heart that it was the wrong decision to make. However, Lady Macbeth used her wily words in order to get her way and alter her husband’s opinion. The words that Macbeth has stated in his part of the passage, “We will proceed no further in this business.” (Mac. I.vii.31), indicate that he was very against Lady Macbeth’s scheme of killing King Duncan before she attempted to convince him to in her next lines. Lady Macbeth is revealed to be a very persuasive individual through Macbeth’s …show more content…
During this part Macbeth was not hungry for power and was content with his position and Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, but this ended up changing because of his wife’s capabilities and manipulative nature. However, Lady Macbeth’s words in her quotation display how her ambition towards becoming queen ended up altering the beliefs of her loved ones. Her language in the quote is clearly offensive by the way describes him using words such as “coward” and “poor cat.” Through these cruel words, she is making him feel like less of a man and therefore he has to give in to fulfilling her plan, or else she may ridicule him to a greater extent. Lady Macbeth cares more about power than her husband’s feelings, which displays that her manipulative personality has gone out of proportion. If Lady Macbeth had not exclaimed these words to Macbeth, he most likely would have been able to stick to his original beliefs that violence is not the right way to gain power. The way she brings up their love in a threat, “...From this time/ Such I account thy love...” (Mac.I.vii.38-39), reveals that she is using him power and that she does not really care about their