Lady Macbeth Is To Blame

   Shakespeare's "Macbeth" holds many hidden themes within its already exuberant plot.  The first of these surrounds the murder of Duncan and the role that both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth himself played.  However, the true guilt of the murder can fall on either character.  Although Macbeth physically committed the crime, it was Lady Macbeth that pushed him to his limits of rational thought and essentially made fun of him to lower his esteem.  With Macbeth's defenses down, it was an easy task for Lady Macbeth to influence Duncan's murder and make up an excuse as to why she could not do it herself.  The guilt of Duncan's murder can be placed firmly on the head on Lady Macbeth.

    "...Go pronounce his present death,/ And with his former title greet Macbeth."  (Act 1, Scene 2, 64-65)     Though the word "death" in this sentence refers to the former thane of Cawdor's demise, Shakespeare uses the clever trick of foreshadowing Macbeth's downfall by coupling the word "death" with the word "Macbeth" so early in the tragedy.  The quote has another importance  it introduces the ideas of treachery and personal gain from less-than-legitimate means, two characteristics Macbeth picks up on as the story advances.  We are introduced to Macbeth as a hero, a slayer of the Norweyans, even "Bellona's bridegroom, lapped in proof" (Act 1, Scene 2, 54), but by the end of the play

The destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints. Macbeth, a loyal warrior under the rule of his close friend Duncan, begins to be toyed with by three witches who tell him how to become king but only he would be king and none of his ancestors. Macbeth plans to seize this opportunity but begins to doubt himself as he struggles to commit a murder that would undoubtedly scar him for the rest of his life, however Lady Macbeth a strong willed women begins to convince Macbeth to go through with the murder of Duncan. This is the first point in the story where the roles of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are defined, Macbeth as a naturally weak person when around his wife and Lady Macbeth as a strong extremely influential person in Macbeth’s life. The roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth swap as the play goes on with with Macbeth changing from a loyal warrior under Duncan’s rule to a ruthless king who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals and Lady Macbeth changing from a scheming wife in search of power to a caring woman who could not carry the guilt of her sin.

In the Shakespeare play, Macbeth, Macbeth is responsible for all the deaths in the play because Macbeth didn’t have to do anything about the prophecies, he could have chosen not to kill King Duncan, and Macbeth decided all on his own to have Macduff’s family killed.

Macbeth, despite influences of the witches and Lady Macbeth, is responsible for his downfall. The witches are not fully to blame but do play a part in Macbeth's tragedy. In William Shakespeare’s play "Macbeth", Macbeth is a hero who soon destroys himself by his own wicked and selfish ambitions. To a certain degree, the witches can be blamed for the tragedy, although the blame can easily fall amongst Macbeth’s ambitious nature, and Lady Macbeth’s manipulation. Overall, the witches play an important role in the tragedy, but the blame cannot be purely placed on the witches as there are the other factors involved in the play, causing the tragic ending.

Throughout many works of literature, it can be difficult to determine the victim and the aggressor, with many different pieces of text interpreted in a variety of ways. This is common in tragedies, especially, where the downfall of a character occurs. In the play, Macbeth, the main character, Macbeth, effectively reaches a downfall after important interactions with some of the other characters. He had changed as a person from the influence of what other characters had led him to believe. Macbeth arguably lost control of his mind, and he couldn’t bring himself to think rationally after the murder of Duncan, therefore the play works in favor of pitying Macbeth rather than blaming him.

As I am writing this essay, Newton’s first law of motion, “for an object to be set in motion, a force has to be applied to it”, comes to mind. Every object has potential energy to be kinetic, but another object must exert physical force to propel it forward. Macbeth has potential energy from his inner desire to be king, and his rapt reaction to eliminate foilers in his way proves that. However, Macbeth’s innocence and goodness makes it impossible for him to commit murders. Lady Macbeth’s relentless persuasion is the outside force that “propels” Macbeth. Out of the three characters who lead to Macbeth’s downfall, Lady Macbeth gives the greatest momentum that drives Macbeth into furies of inconceivable acts against human nature.

The book Macbeth has many important characters and well as important part of the play. For starters I will now explain the characters that played an important part to this story. Duncan, the king of Scotland, was a great father figure to all of Scotland. He was well respected by others. Before getting killed by Macbeth, his way of treating Macbeth was like a son. Little did he know Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were already plotting his death. Banquo, another general to the Kings army. He was present when the three witches let Macbeth know that he will be next in line to become king. The witches also tell banquo that he won't be king but a family member will. Soon banquo has his suspensions that Macbeth had something to do with King Duncan's murder.

A character’s tragic downfall is often influenced by other characters, but this is not the case in Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth. Macbeth conforms to the conditions of a tragic hero because in the beginning of the play, Macbeth is an honourable and trustworthy nobleman to King Duncan and all of Scotland. However, throughout the play, Macbeth commits evil deeds such betrayal, treason, and murder solely because of his ambitions to remain in power. Macbeth murders others upon hearing the witches’ prophecies and even proceeds to return to them to remain in power. Macbeth is influenced and manipulated by his wife Lady Macbeth and The Witches, but he is ultimately responsible for his own tragic downfall. Macbeth’s tragic downfall is caused by his ‘vaulting ambition’ to become king. Thus, Macbeth has no one but his ruthless, cruel, and greedy self to blame for his own tragic downfall.

Everyone throughout time is responsible for every move that the certain person makes, whether or not that this person is pushed to make a decision that he or she makes. Once that person decides to be pushed by another person, any move that the person makes from that point on has become their personal responsibility. In William Shakespeare's, Macbeth, Macbeth is pushed by many different characters and feelings. It is believed that Macbeth is not responsible for actions that he makes throughout this play, except every move he made was ultimately decided by himself. Whether it be prophecies, or instructions given by his overbearing wife, he made the decision to be controlled.

We all have regrets. Sometimes, there is a certain someone that lead us to this bad decision. In William Shakespeare's, “Macbeth,” Lady Macbeth, wife of noble warrior Macbeth, has indirectly influenced nearly every cruel decision made thus far in the story. Whether it is killing a beloved king, or framing an innocent person for the bloody crime, Lady Macbeth is behind everything.

It must be a shame to die from your own actions. Then again, it is what you get for falling for greed and not sticking to your gut. Shakespeare tells a story of a character named Macbeth in one of his most famous tragedies titled Macbeth. The story starts out as Macbeth being a hero. As the tragedy continues it reveals Macbeth's downward spiral and eventually becomes a villain whose actions go against him and end up to his death. Macbeth is to blame for his own death because of free will and ambition.

This contradicts to the actions of lady Macbeth after the tyranny that Macbeth causes. The crazy state of Lady Macbeth, which eventually caused her death, could have been non-existent if she hadn’t been the motivation and just as much the driving force behind her husband’s ruthless leadership. On the other hand, there are some characters that are also somewhat responsible for their lack of involvement, or failure to react quickly to the suspicious murder of King Duncan.

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Macbeth himself is written like a double meaning, having the characteristics of one personality, while possessing the features of another. Macbeth, being the title character, is the main focus of the story. He is the protagonist. In the beginning, Shakespeare writes Macbeth as being the noblest of warriors. It is only after Macbeth learns from the witches that he will become the King that his personality begins to change. He goes from being the quintessential protagonist, to a scheming and paranoid villain. He schemes with Lady Macbeth to kill King Duncan, who is portrayed as a kind and just ruler. In the act of killing Duncan, Macbeth becomes the antagonist and Macduff, the one who makes it his mission to dethrone Macbeth. Because of Macbeth’s status as a tragic hero, he falls from grace and heroism to shame and villainy. These characteristics are conflicting, therefore making Macbeth a walking equivocation, a living embodiment of a double meaning. This makes the reader unsure of Macbeth’s fate. Shakespeare makes the audience unsure of what Macbeth will do next, if he will redeem himself or continue on his downward spiral of darkness.