'Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as manipulative and in control of Macbeth's actions'. Using the extract above, discuss the extent to which you agree with this statement.

MACBETH  We will proceed no further in this business.He hath honoured me of late, and I have broughtGolden opinions from all sorts of people,Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,Not cast aside so soon.
LADY MACBETH   Was the hope drunkWherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?And wakes it now to look so green and paleAt what it did so freely? From this timeSuch I account thy love. Art thou afeardTo be the same in thine own act and valourAs thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have thatWhich 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?
Scene 1.7, lines 31-45
The language used by Lady Macbeth in this scene allows Shakespeare to present her as manipulative. This scene occurs in act one, with Macbeth and Lady Macbeth discussing their plan to murder King Duncan. Macbeth at first seems unsure if he is able to go through with it, as he declares “we will proceed no further in this business”. Lady Macbeth’s speech employs a series of rhetorical questions to convince him. By asking him “art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire?”, she implies that Macbeth secretly would like to commit this crime, but he is too weak to do so. Lady Macbeth goes on to argue that if he fails to do as he “desires”, this would be to “live a coward”. Lady Macbeth also describes Macbeth’s physical appearance as “pale and green”, another way of insulting him by saying he is ill and not at full strength. At the end of this extract Lady Macbeth contrasts the active verb “dare” with the modal verb “would”. Since “dare” holds connotations of bravery and risk-taking behaviour, it sounds like she is challenging Macbeth to not let his fear hold him back. Macbeth can only reject these insults by proving Lady Macbeth wrong. Many of the acts he commits later in the play, for example the murder of the King and the murder of Banquo, may therefore be a way of proving to his wife that he is strong enough. Lady Macbeth’s speeches, such as the one in this extract, influence Macbeth so much that she appears to almost control him completely, allowing Shakespeare to present her as a manipulative character.