Lady Macbeth Soliloquy Analysis

   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.

They invited Duncan to their home and planned to murder him then. Once Duncan had arrived, Macbeth began to have doubts about killing his upstanding leader. Lady Macbeth did her best to convince Macbeth to go through with the murder. She succeeded in convincing him. It makes sense that someone would think this part made it Lady Macbeth’s fault, but despite Lady Macbeth ‘strongly suggesting’ that he kills Duncan, Macbeth could still have chosen to say no and keep Duncan alive. Lady Macbeth did not control him, she may have persuaded him but in the end it was his choice to kill King Duncan.

Macbeth is confused as he is arguing with himself on what he should do. He states reasons not to kill Duncan, because Macbeth is his noble kinsmen and the act would bring dishonor. However, he also states reason why he should kill him, because Macbeth will then become king and fulfill the witches ' fortune. Lady Macbeth, who appears in the beginning as the driving force for the murder of King Duncan, also develops internal conflict. At first, Lady Macbeth seems to be a woman of extreme confidence and will. But, as situations become more and more unstable in the play, guilt develops inside her. For instance, she exclaims; "Wash your hands. Put on your nightgown. / Look not so pale. I tell you again, Banquo 's / Burried; he cannot come out on 's grave" (Shakespeare V, ii, 65-67). Lady Macbeth sleepwalks and frets about her evil wrongdoings because she is extremely guilty of her influence on Macbeth to commit the murder. Lady Macbeth reacts emotionally and dwells on her actions as guilt eats at her soul.

Altering what he thinks is right or wrong and helping him with the murder are reasons why Lady Macbeth is responsible for the demise of Duncan. Macbeth, at first does not want to kill his kinsman, his king who is here in double trust (Act 1 Scene 7 Lines 13), it is simply unnatural to do so, yet so is the woman in 1606 Scotland altering the decision of a Thane. Lady Macbeth, has eagerly done her part of making the guests drunk (Act 1 Scene 7 Line 35), and is in desperation for the murder to occur.

Macbeth is seen as an antagonist in the play Shakespeare's Macbeth. He has been seen as a part of many murders in the play such as Duncan's and Banquo's murders. In fact he also gets punished at the end of the play by getting killed by Macduff. However, he should be proven innocint since it is not entirely his fault. During the plan to murder Duncan, Macbeth was not the first to think about it, it was actually Lady Macbeth. She manipulated him to preform the deed by calling him a coward and questinoning his manhood. She knows by doing this, she will be able to convince Macbeth to preform the deed. Also, she is the one who holds the prophecies to be true. She is tempted by the hope of the crown and insures that she will do anything that needs

She even asks him to come home quickly so that she can talk to him and try to convince him the only way to become king is to kill Duncan which in the end he does end up doing. This advances the plot because this one horrible crime leads to many horrific deaths. This first murder is what starts Macbeth on his killing streak. After he kills Duncan he is a guilty mess, but soon realizes how good the power feels once he is given the honour of replacing him as king. Lady Macbeth is the one who initially convinces him the only way to make his last prophecy come true is to kill Duncan which shows that she is the centre of all the conflict in the play.

Lady Macbeth’s pivotal role in Macbeth’s calamity is illustrated through her immorality which stemmed from her deceptiveness and manipulation of Macbeth’s thoughts, emotions and actions, leading the play to its tragic conclusion. Throughout the progression of the play, Lady Macbeth proves to be exceedingly manipulative with no qualms about achieving her ambition. She cleverly influences Macbeth by exploiting Macbeth’s vulnerability and skilfully using it as a weapon. This is apparent when she accuses him of not loving her “From this time/ Such I account thy love” and criticises him of cowardice “Art thou afeard…’; “And live a coward”. In Act 1, Scene 7, Lady Macbeth insults and humiliates Macbeth by questioning his manliness; “What beast was’t

To begin with, Lady Macbeth is the direct reason Macbeth murders Duncan, the King. She encourages and manipulates him into murder, as she believes

Lady Macbeth as the Driving Force Behind the Murder of Duncan in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

When she says those words to Macbeth, she is testing his manhood by calling him a coward she wants him to follow through with the plan. Macbeth being a Valiant soldier he would want to prove her wrong. After Macbeth thinks about killing Duncan and has second thoughts he has come to the conclusion that he is going to kill him. Not only does Lady Macbeth have great influence on decision making, but she has a passionate drive for

She dictates his actions and rules over him. Lady Macbeth’s speech proposes that men are cruel while women are not normally cruel. Macbeth is then continually convinced by Lady Macbeth to murder King Duncan, and eventually does the act. Nonetheless, Lady macbeth had the idea of murder herself, the spirits did not make Lady Macbeth cruel. Furthermore, In Act 1 Scene 7, Lady Macbeth finds out the Macbeth has changed his decision to kill Duncan, in which Lady Macbeth replies and says “ We shall proceed no further in this business.” She ignores this and says “From this time, such I account thy love. Art thou afraid to be the same in the own act and valour, As thou art desire”. She is basically asking Macbeth firstly if he loves her and says if he did love her he would kill King Duncan. She is manipulating Macbeth to kill Duncan.

In Macbeth’s soliloquy in Act 3 Scene 1, Shakespeare strategically utilizes king’s clothing as symbolism to create a bitter and resentful tone. In this scene, Macbeth references his scepter and crown, which the audience would have viewed as a symbol of a king’s powerful position. Macbeth describes these objects proclaiming, “Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown/And put a barren scepter in my grip,” (3.1.64-65). When he describes the crown and scepter as barren and fruitless, he is referring to his lineage, more specifically his lack of sons to succeed him as king. Shakespeare uses these lines to communicate Macbeth’s extreme frustration, as he realizes he has just risked everything to be king, and yet he has no one to pass his achievement

As might be expected, when Lady Macbeth mention to kill Duncan, Macbeth consider over and over again. It Lady Macbeth’s view, it is the expression of lack of courage. She question his manhood and try to prodding Macbeth into action:Moreover, she helps him get everything ready for the murder. “Who dares receive it other, as we shall make our griefs and clamour roar upon his death?”(1.7 85-87) She is the one who driving Macbeth to kill Duncan and set up everything for him.

She seems to be more capable of committing the murder than Macbeth. She kept telling Macbeth to get the courage to do it. “We will not fail when Duncan is asleep (1, 1,50). She was convinced they would not fail and that Macbeth just needed the courage. The scenes could be taken in different ways but it appears he