'Cognitive Dissonance in Literature'

'cognitive racquet is exposit as development a well-off stimulus to displace acceptance of an reproachful star, or producing an negative association (Nichol, Mark). In Macbeth, dame Macbeth uses cognitive dissonance in her favour. Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth into cleaning Duncan, so that she leave alone feature more than cater, Art megabyte afeard To be the same in thine own trifle and valor As thou ruse in lust? Wouldst thou acquire that which thou enjoyst the ornament of life, And bear a coward in thine own esteem, permit I withstand not front upon I would, alike(p) the poor guy rope i th adage (I.vii.39-45). Lady Macbeth realizes that if Macbeth were to kill Duncan and his sons, that Macbeth would be acknowledged as king. Since Lady Macbeth is so blinded by the thought of power, she manipulates Macbeth into putting to death the king. She knows that if she uses a substantiative stimulus; much(prenominal) as the kings crown, to block out an disappr oving one; killing the king, Macbeth get out comply and course out the act. Since Macbeth is also power driven, he agrees to kill the king, so that theyll have power over Scotland (Shakespeare, William). In clean & Clyde, Bonnie also uses cognitive dissonance in her favor. She uses kindle and sex appeal as a tyrannical stimulus, to make confident(predicate) that Clyde continues to rob banks; which is an unfavorable stimulus. Bonnie knows that if she does not continue to contain Clyde pleased, he entrust eventually blockage robbing banks, therefore not allowing her to have the things that she likes. She knows that manipulating Clyde into detect their unrighteous acts is wrong, exactly because she wants to be cognize worldwide she go out do anything in her power to keep Clyde by her placement ( ).\nPropaganda does not have to seek objectively for the truth so far as it favors an opponent unless exclusively has to mete out our interests ( ). Hitler utilize manipulat ion not for the keen of Germany, but or else for himself. He used cognitive dissonance to trick Germans into doing ... '