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

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   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.

‘Macbeth’ is a tragic play written by Shakespeare that dramatizes tragic flaw of ambition and murderous intent in Macbeth, which is manipulated by his equally ambitious wife and the inherently evil witches. This leads him to murder King Duncan.

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In the play, “Macbeth”, the character that stands out the most is Lady Macbeth. Her role in this story is significant, she is an evil, ruthless, and ambitious person. She is responsible for the murders that her husband commits because she was bloodthirsty for the crown. In fact, she then becomes more eager to get the crown than Macbeth himself and soon realizes that once you commit one violent act, there is almost no way of ever turning back. An analysis of Lady Macbeth reveals that she is a powerful character who adds complexity and depth to a play about murder, madness, and revenge.

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He will stop at nothing to do this even if it means to kill King Duncan or anyone who stands in his way. “... He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door,”. Macbeth controlled himself by saying that killing the king was not a good deed (Document B). The king had a strong deed for him and being a kinsman. “After his glowing ambition had attained its end he ought to have made at least one attempt, or manifested the desire, to wear his ill-gotten crown with glory, to expiate or extenuate his crime by sovereign virtues.”, this supports the idea that Macbeth knows what path is on, and what his fate holds for him. After the witches giving him the prophecy is when his ambition for withholding the crown began to

In Macbeth a tragedy by William Shakespeare a general named Macbeth is given a prediction from three witches that he will one day be King of Scotland. When Macbeth hears this he becomes fierce and filled with ambition to kill King Duncan and take the throne for himself. Numerous people push him into killing King Duncan so he could become king and rule Scotland. Shakespeare writes this play about power, ambition, and betrayal to guide the reader into identifying who is the most responsible for the murder of King Duncan. There are many “bad guys” in the play and I believe the most responsible is Lady Macbeth.

2)She wants to become ruthless, Care-free of the actions of what she is about to commit. She wants her emotions to stop affecting how she feels, Stop up the access and passage to remorse, She wants to have no regrets of the murder that's going to take place.

The Possibility of Evil Envy, greed and hate are all examples of evil in some people's definition; but, what is evil? Can we stop it, and, are we supposed to? Before we speak about the commitment of the normal person to stop evil, we have to understand what evil is. Evil is what a person accepts it as true; this can be shown in the story the possibility of evil. Ms. Strangeworth does not believe her letters create problems rather than solve them.

In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, the protagonist commits the ultimate act of treason in killing the king. Even though Macbeth is the one who physically murders Duncan, Lady Macbeth is to blame for this crime. She makes Macbeth feel less than her, and calls him horrible names such as coward, she also tells him that he is too kind and generous to do what it takes to get to carry the kings crown, Therefore, there is no doubt that Lady Macbeth is the most culpable person for the murder of king Duncan, due to her pride and manipulation.

She makes reference to wanting to be like a man. ”That tend on moral thoughts, unsex me here.” And fill me from the crown to the toe-top-full. Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood.”

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

represents a view of possibilities, but now it also becomes a view to what she does not want to

Indeed, she is “sick-thoughted” (v.5) , insane thoughts affect “her troubled brain” (1040), as she is completely overwhelmed not by the desire of power, but by sex lust.