ETHOS
PATHOS
In act 1 scene 7, Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth, "Nor time nor place
Did then adhere, and yet you would make both. They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums
And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this" This
represents Ethos because Lady Macbeth shows that she is very trustworthy by saying that she would do anything if she had sworn to including smashing a baby's brains on a wall. She questions Macbeth's willingness to go through with something and compares it to her own willingness. This in turn influences Macbeth to be more like her since she seems credible.
In act 1 scene 7, Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth, "Was the hope drunk
Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?
And wakes it now, to look so green and pale
At what it did so freely? From this time
Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard
To be the same in thine own act and valor
As thou art in desire? 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' th' adage?" These lines represent pathos, because Lady Macbeth is appealing to Macbeth's emotions by pointing out his weaknesses. She makes him feel like a coward and puts him in a trap of inescapable questions,, which in turn persuades him to be courageous and kill King Duncan.
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Diya Patel
LOGOS
Demetrio
Torres
In act 1 scene 7, Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth, "When Duncan is asleep—
Whereto the rather shall his day’s hard journey Soundly invite him—his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep
Their drenchèd natures lie as in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? What not put upon his spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt Of our great quell?" In these lines, she uses logos to describe the plan she has created for the murder convincing Macbeth that it's a logical idea. She relies on his intelligence to persuade him to kill the king. Macbeth is persuaded because Lady Macbeth's plan seems reasonable and well-thought-out.
Corbin Sherwood
Josue Pedraza
In act 1 scene 7, Lady Macbeth uses logos most effectively.
She uses this persuasive appeal in particular, because she knows if Macbeth thinks about her plan logically, it will make sense to him and he will commit the murder. Her plan is well thought out and seems almost perfect, so she knew that Macbeth or anyone would fall into her trap. This appeal is really effective at convincing Macbeth, because Lady Macbeth makes her intention seem judicious and practical.
Lady Macbeth's Use of
Persuasive Appeals