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Manipulation In Macbeth And La Belle Dame Sans Merci

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Manipulation is used in both Macbeth and La Belle Dame Sans Merci. Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to become king and for Macbeth to kill King Duncan. She manipulates Macbeth by telling Macbeth he is not a man, if he does not kill Duncan. Macbeth kills Duncan to prove he is a man and because he wants to be king (ShakeMac 1.7.35-44). In La Belle Dame Sans Merci, the witch manipulates the knight into thinking she is a beautiful girl, who is also a good girl. The beautiful girl the knight see is a witch. The knight gets a warning about the girl from different men. The witch ends up killing the knight (Keats line 14-20). In Macbeth and La Belle Dame Sans Merci some character manipulates people, which leads to

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