Lady Macbeth's Ascension To The Throne Of Scotland

Firstly, the three witches give Macbeth a prophecy: “All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter” (Shakespeare I.iii.49). This enhanced Macbeth’s curiosity of kingship and power, which created an environment that which enforced his ambitious nature. Yet, the actions Macbeth took in order to become king were on his own accord. For example, killing Duncan (Shakespeare II.i.60-61) after learning that Malcolm was named Duncan’s successor. The killing of Duncan was a choice that Macbeth made independently because he justified murder as his ascendance to the throne. Therefore, Macbeth’s rise to kingship was based on a predetermined fate and independent choices with worked together cohesively to earn Macbeth his success.

Macbeth needed Lady Macbeth to do this, for without her, he would have continued to see the horrible act as something he shouldn’t do. In this regard, Lady Macbeth does this very well, she makes Macbeth see things in a different light, tells him how he is erroneous in his thinking and gets him to think how she wants him to. The following quote shows these domineering and manipulating qualities of hers quite well: “Art thou afeard/To be the same in thine own act and valor/As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that…/And live a coward in thine own esteem,/Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would’/Like the poor cat I’ the adage?” (1.7.43-49) This passage of Lady Macbeth also sums up her thoughts quite nicely: “What beast was’t it then/… made you break this enterprise…/when you durst do it, then you were a man,/…to be more than what you were, you would/Be so much more the man.” (1.7.53-57) Both of these quotations display Lady Macbeth’s thoughts about Macbeth: he is weak, and he must be a man, while she is strong and would do the murder without a thought. These thoughts clearly show how ambitious she is, and how determined she wants to influence Macbeth’s actions.

The tragedy of Macbeth is a story of greed and lust for personal gain that is still seen frequently today, for it is human nature. It’s seen in many instances, such as power-hungry politicians with corrupt practices or even teenagers that bully to gain social status. Lady Macbeth possesses these same qualities throughout the story, and it’s evident from the very start when the fate witches tell their prophecies to the time of Macbeth’s downfall. During all of this, it’s clear that Lady Macbeth is the one behind it all. The reversal of gender roles allows her to control her husband, and she uses this control to force Macbeth to commit the series of murders, which would not have happened without her

Lady Macbeth- the malicious mastermind, and the second driving force behind the murders done by Macbeth, had believed that by portraying a man’s ways, she would attain power-for her and her husband, and gain whatever they needed without remorse or sorrow. Lady Macbeth urges Macbeth to frame two guards by getting them intoxicated and even prepares the murder scene for Macbeth to take King Duncan's life. Macbeth even questions his loyalty and righteousness in this moment by saying, “But in these cases, we still have judgment here…bloody instructions…return to plague the inventor” and . . .” He is here in double trust; first as I am his kinsman and his subject, strong both against the deed; then as his host” (I.VII.7-14). This just

As a result of his ambition, Macbeth's ambition caused him to be easily influenced. Everyone wants to know how's Macbeth's ambition caused him to be easily influenced ? Macbeth's ambition caused him to be influenced because of Lady Macbeth and the three witches. According to Act I, Scene V Lady Macbeth fears that her husband is to kind and polite that her husband is being too soft to seize the throne. She's saying that she wants it more than he does. She wants Macbeth to be more aggressive and she also wants to be known. Lady Macbeth wanted to change his humor and tone to influence him to be King of Cawdor. In spite of Lady Macbeth's intentions to influence Macbeth, the three witches wanted to change Macbeth's point of view that he won't be king forever.

Secondly, it is not simply his own disorganized ambition which leads Macbeth to tragedy and tyranny. He is fueled by a sense of ambition, but it is fear through which he secures his place as a tyrant. Macbeth is now helpless to the darkness within his soul and is harrowed by the fear of the consequences which retribution should bestow. He has no ethical system within to reason with himself and he allows fear to consume and drive him to commit the other murders. He fears punishment here as well as in the afterlife and this is what sets forth the chain of murders to follow. Macbeth's Christian beliefs, thus, help to delve him deeper into tyranny. It is interesting to see that now the roles have seemed to reverse for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. "…will these hands ne'er be clean?" (V, i, 4). Whereas she was once the driving force behind evil in the beginning of the play, she slowly goes insane with guilt while Macbeth grows stronger in evil. The fear that causes all things around him to be paralyzed causes Macbeth to become even more tyrannical. His own private disharmony is

Macbeth’s ambition for power interests his wife, Lady Macbeth, who also desires power and corrupts Macbeth’s ambition. When Macbeth is having second thoughts as to whether or not he should murder Duncan, Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth, coaxing him into killing King Duncan despite his loyal service to him;”When you durst do it, then you were a man; / And to be more than what you were, you would / Be so much more the man”(I.7.56-58). Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth’s manliness as a way to get Macbeth to go through with the murder. Macbeth, offended and hesitant, struggles with moral conflict. He fears being caught and does not wish to murder Duncan because he has been fair to him. Lady Macbeth however knows that Macbeth strives for power, and finds a way to use this as a way of manipulating him. Earlier on in the play, Lady Macbeth is reading her husband’s letter and learns of the prophecies. Her first instinct is to kill Duncan. She reads the letter and reflects on Macbeth’s nature,“Glamis thou art, and cawdor,and shalt be / What thou art promised. Yet I do fear thy nature; / It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness”(I.5.15-17). Lady Macbeth knows that her husband does not have enough ambition to kill Duncan, and realizes she must push him into murdering King Duncan. [This is the moment in the play where Lady starts planning to murder King Duncan and gets the play moving in the direction it ends]. Macbeth’s thirst for power never leaves him satisfied.

Lady Macbeth has a very unique power over Macbeth, she of course wants him to become king and she knows deep down that he will do whatever it takes. She is aware that Macbeth is unsure of what to do so she takes advantage of this. Lady Macbeth pushes him by saying just the right thing, “When you durst do it, then you were a man; / And, to be more than what you what you were, you would / Be so much more the man” (1.7.17). Lady Macbeth pushes him to go through with this evil action by making him feel weak. After Lady Macbeth questions him on being a man, that is when he makes the final decision to go through with the murder

In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth's murderous actions are to be blamed on, his wife, Lady Macbeth. In the beginning, Macbeth feels that he should not take action against King Duncan. Instead he should let fate takes its course in making him King. On the other hand Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to take action which evilly leads to his demise. Later on Macbeth begins to toy with the idea of murder after being convinced by Lady Macbeth that it is the right thing to do. Eventually, Macbeth's immorality takes over and he begins murdering people left and right without even consulting Lady Macbeth because of the prior influences she had on him. Ultimately, even though Macbeth performed the actions they were only initiated because

Macbeth was very ambitious. Over the course of the play, Macbeth's ambition grows. He succeeds in murdering Duncan, being named the new king, and ruling the kingdom. His ambition is what got him to become ruler of the kingdom because his ambition led him to killing king duncan. Macbeth’s ambition led him to kill duncan because he was determined to become king.

The influence of the witches ambitions affected the way Macbeth acted. For example, in Act I the three witches predicted or made a prophecy that Macbeth would kill Duncan. Further in the story the witches in Act I Scene 1 the witches and the apparition encourages Macbeth in lines 90-94 the third apparition says “Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care…” So then Macbeth takes it to consideration and now he’s overconfident. Which led him to his death.

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were driven by ambition to achieve their goal as King and Queen of Scotland. However, throughout Shakespeare's play. Lady Macbeth influenced Macbeth into murdering many people, and also places guilt on Macbeth ultimately leading to both of their downfall . Greenblatt stated “ The murder of king can be undertaken without fear of guilty conscience, vengeful ghost, or divine judgment: The sleeping and the dead; She tells her shaken husband. ‘are but as pictures.

The witches and their prophecies are the first major influence on Macbeth's actions. Macbeth seems happy and content with himself until the witches tell him he will be king. He begins immediately to consider murdering Duncan. "If good, why do I yield to that suggestion / Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair / And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, / Against

The drastic fall of lady Macbeth’s role in the relationship is also illustrated by her absence in the entire act four in which embodies the acceleration of Macbeth’s downfall. Consequently, the collapse of the firmest pillar of her masculinity, relationship, brings forward lady Macbeth’s feminine character which lessens her ability to cope with guilt. In fact, whether the deteriorating relationship exempts her need to put on a masculine mask or proves the impossibility of women being treated as equals, it significantly victimizes her in front of guilt. Looking back at blood, the visualization of guilt, instead of insisting on it being “A foolish thought, to say a sorry sight” (II.ii 30), the deteriorating relationship enables her unmasked true

Many of people have heard the tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The story revolves on a sequence of misfortunate events that take place when Macbeth makes immoral decisions to be king. In the play, Shakespeare shows how power can cause corruption in a human’s brain. Macbeth himself was not a very confident person, though he had a kind soul to begin with, he was easily influenced and gullible. Through the prophecies of the evil beings, an insignificant seed was planted in Macbeth. That spark of wealth and fortune caused the tyrant within him to awake. Which eventually lead to his fatal death. His ambition lead him to murder, go insane and become very superstitious.