Honors+Macbeth+Two

 

1. **Lady Macbeth:** "To beguile the time, look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue; look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't."

2. **Macbeth**: Ride you this afternoon? **Banquo:** Ay, my good Lord.
 * Macbeth:** We should have else desired your good advice (which still hath been both grave and prosperous) In this day's council; but we'll take tomorrow is't far you ride?

3. **Macbeth:** Well then, now have you considered of my speeches? 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 confrence, passed in probation with you how you were borne in hand, how crossed; the instruments; who wrought with them; and all things else that might to half a soul and to a notion crazed say "This did Banquo."

4. **Hectate:** As by the strength of their illusion shall draw him on to his confusion. He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear his hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear; and you all know security is mortal's cheifest enemy.

5. **First Apparition**: Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff; Beware the Thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough.
 * Second Apparition**: Be bloody, bold and resolute; laugh to scorn the pow'r of man, for more of woman born shall harm Macbeth.
 * Third Apparation**: Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are. Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him.

Our theme of manipulation and deceit is prevalent in Macbeth because all of the main characters use these tactics to gain in society. Lady Macbeth uses manipulation to talk Macbeth into killing King Duncan, once she finds that she can become queen and fulfill the witches’ prophecy. This is obvious in quote one, where Lady Macbeth tells her husband to “look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t”. Macbeth also uses manipulation to deceive the murders. He tells them that Banquo is responsible for all of their financial troubles, and encourages the murders to take action. In addition, Macbeth is deceitful when he asks Banquo, “Ride you this afternoon?” Macbeth is only interested because he wants to make sure he will have ample time to murder Banquo and his son without anyone noticing. The witches manipulate Macbeth when they send the four aberrations to him. He is fooled by them and believes he is safe from harm and will die of natural causes. The witches had planned to deceive him. In our pictures, the flower and serpent represent what Lady Macbeth said to Macbeth to coerce him into killing King Duncan. The other picture is of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth, both of which use manipulation and deceit for personal gain.