Macbeth II

Many people have been affected by peer pressure in a bad way. They are influenced to do something they don't necessarily want to do, but feel that to fit in or to impress this certain person they need to do what they say. Sometimes that certain person being pressured is in a blur of confusion and they do what others tell them without thinking that it's against what they believe.

I can't recall a time where I have been pressured to do something I don't want to do. Usually, when I do something, it is because I want to do it, and it doesn't matter if others are doing it around me or not. I have the power to say no and I will use that to my advantage. Why would I do something I don't want to? I don't need to impress anyone or fit in; I am my own person and I am going to stay that way.

Macbeth's morals tell him not to kill the king, but Lady Macbeth says otherwise. She is so caught up in the glory and fame of being queen that she forgot what was right and what was wrong. Lady Macbeth manipulated and pressured her husband to go along with her evil plan. Macbeth went along with it because he didn't want to disappoint her, which is another main reason people do things that others want them to. Some people feel that if you love someone, then you can't disappoint them and you have to do what they say, WHICH ISN'T TRUE. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are a perfect example of peer pressure.