... character, one that pushes and manipulates Macbeth through out the play. Mr. Linder states "It is Lady Macbeth's desire for Duncan to be king, that prompts her to seize the witches prophesies and interpret them as a future she must order and control"(11). Convincing Macbeth that the fastest ... Macbeth agrees to kill Duncan at first, but then he wavers in his decision, but Lady Macbeth, convinced that Macbeth's truly desire was to be king, finds a way to manipulate him into killing Duncan by questioning his love for her and his manhood. After Macbeth has committed the deed, Lady Macbeth...

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... that commences Macbeth's obsession for power occurs in Act 1, Scene 3 when the witches relay their prophecies to both him and Banquo, naming him "Thane of Glamis," "Thane of Cawdor" and "King Hereafter." Shakespeare portrays Macbeth to display initial disbelief in the news, indicated by his rhetorical question, "But how of Cawdor? " thus implying that he views their prophecies a folly, and is ... ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate