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Manipulation and Deceit By: Hannah, Alyssa, Graham, and Carter "Wouldst thou have that/ Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,/ And live a coward in thine own esteem,/ Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,'/ Like the poor cat i' the adage?" 41-45, Act I, Scene 7

"All hail, Macbeth that shalt be King hereafter!" 50, Act 1, Scene 3 "I have a strange infirmity, which is nothing/ To those that know me." 87-88, Act 3, Scene 4​ "My lord is often thus,/ And hath been from his youth. Pray you keep seat./ The fit is momentary; upong a thought/ He will again be well." 54-57, Act 3, Scene 4



"Know/ That it was he, in the times past, which held you/ So under fortune, which you thought had been/ Our innocent self. This I made good to you/ In our last conference, passed in probation with you/ How you were borne in hand, how crossed; the instruments/ To half a soul and to a notion crazed/ Say 'Thus did Banquo.'" 75-83, Act 3, Scene 1

The first quote is Lady Macbeth trying to convince Macbeth to follow through and kill Duncan. She manipulates him by calling him a coward and relating him to a cat in an old saying that wanted fish but would not get its paws wet. The second quote is of the third witch hailing Macbeth as king. It is the witches that first put the idea of power into Macbeth's head; had they not greeted him as Thane of Cawdor and king, he might not have had such murderous ambitions. They know that he will be Thane of Cawdor and manipulate him by calling him king. The third and fourth quotes are by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, trying to convince their guests that Macbeth suffers from a strange illness, when infact he is actually "seeing" Banquo's ghost. They try to deceive their guests into thinking that nothing is wrong, even though Macbeth is suffering from terrible guilt. The fifth quote is Macbeth telling the murderers that Banquo is bad and must be killed. He calls the murderers brave and manipulates them into killing Banquo.