Lady Macbeth's Implication in Each Death

Lady Macbeth is a manipulative wife that does not consider anyone’s feelings and that likes to do things herself with no help from others. If Lady Macbeth had not deluded him into doing things he did not want to do, Macbeth would have been completely different. She convinced him to assassinate Duncan, which stained his mind and made him become a tyrant. This also led up to all the other murders hat Macbeth was responsible for. Lady Macbeth also very independent; she

In the beginning Lady Macbeth had a strong stance on killing Duncan and went far enough to even mastermind their murderous plan. She is witty and reluctant as to why Macbeth is afraid to achieve their ambitions; Enough to insult his manhood, “What beast was ’t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man” (1.7.47-49). This then urges Macbeth to show his wife he is stronger than she says. Although Lady Macbeth seems evil, praying to the spirits to “ unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty” (1.5.31-33). She is in fact not. She’s dreaded with guilt, which in then shows her humane side. After all, Lady Macbeth couldn’t find the right in the murder of Duncan. While sleep talking she exclaims, “What, will these hands ne'er be clean?—No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that” (5.1.31-32). She is losing sleep from the guilt and is unable to believe the righteousness of the

Lady Macbeth had a very powerful hold over Macbeth. Just by questioning his valor she could shift Macbeth’s whole thought process and second-guessing of the murder of Duncan (Booth, 24), and he allows it because he cannot bear to disappoint her. His love for her and need for her approval is what ultimately leads him to commit each and every one of his crimes. She is the center of his world and if she does not see a problem in the murders than why should he. This is naïve ignorance caused by a blindness that is induced by love, and that is both heart breaking and tragic.

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.

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 there is already a King in power, Lady Macbeth and her husband face a difficult decision. In order for Macbeth to be King, the reigning King Duncan would have to die. Lady Macbeth is a kind and gentle women but when she is faced with the temptation of a higher power she turns to darkness to help her commit this sin(quote about de womanizing her). Leading up to the murder of King Duncan, Lady Macbeth doesn't believe that Macbeth is strong enough and doubts his ability to be a man and take charge. (quote about milk of human kindness). Her doubt about her husband stays with her throughout the play and is what constantly drives a wedge between their relationship. What once was a marriage full of love, now is filled with manipulation and

Lady Macbeth accused him of cowardice and dangled bright prospects of his future before his eyes so that Macbeth would kill the king (Foster). Macbeth really killed the King because he thought it would make him a powerful man. If he wouldn’t have killed King Duncan, I would have made him feel less of a man. Lady Macbeth had a nervous break down knowing she wasn’t going to kill anyone. She states “He could not miss ‘ em .Had he not resembled my father as he kept, I had don’t” (2.2). Lady Macbeth is just making up excuses because she know that she can kill anybody. She wanted somebody to do her work for her that’s why Macbeth stepped up as a man and did what he had to do. Macbeth showed that he was willing to do anything that came in this way for the throne. Lady Macbeth showed that she is no the true villain because she started acting crazy over the murder of King Duncan and she killed herself from the gilt of what she had

Lady Macbeth gives Macbeth the first push to kill Duncan, and she wants to be ruthless, feel no remorse so that she and her husband will successfully kill Duncan. She desires to “stop up th’ access and passage to remorse” (Shakespeare 1.5.51) so that she will not feel bad about the murder. She persuades Macbeth to kill Duncan, but he struggles afterward when he does not follow the plan and forgets to put back the daggers he cannot face the evil act he has committed. Lady Macbeth is satisfied after Macbeth is king, but that is not enough for him any longer. Eventually the killings take a toll on Macbeth’s mental state, and the guilt he begins to feel is unbearable. Macbeth kills Duncan and then says “this is a sorry sight”

From the beginning, Lady Macbeth is seen as greedy and prepared to do what her husband will not in order to get what she believes they are destined for. She is more willing to get blood on her hands, even in the most literal sense, so Macbeth will become king and she be the queen of Scotland. To make sure the king's assassination will not trace back to Lady Macbeth and her husband, Lady Macbeth says to her husband, " Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead are only like pictures. It is the eye of childhood that's afraid of a painted devil. If he bleeds, I'll smear the faces of the grooms with it, because it must seem that they are guilty" (Act 2 Scene 2) Lady Macbeth's greediness led her to convince Macbeth to kill, and her to convict others of murder by spreading blood. The cycle of her greed leading to blood spilling, and leading to an increase in power throughout the play had terrible consequences for her mind though. After Macbeth

But despite Macbeth’s desire to take the throne, he does not want to kill Duncan. What pushes Macbeth over the edge is Lady Macbeth. She tells Macbeth to follow his ambitions and kill Duncan. She says that murdering Duncan is not a sin, and that it is all worth it for the crown. These words from Lady Macbeth’s mouth are what made Macbeth decide to follow through and commit murder. “I am settled and bend up each corporal agent to this terrible feat.” (1.7.92-93). Macbeth will do the act, but he is very reluctant to do so. In conclusion, Macbeth’s ambitions and his loyalty towards Lady Macbeth are huge factors for why Macbeth was torn, and why he decided to kill Duncan.

As soon as she was told there was a chance for power in her future she went crazy, scheming up plans to take the throne. She craves power and pushes her husband to kill for it. Her mind was constantly thinking about power, “This nights great business into my dispatch, which shall to all our nights and days to come Give solely sovereign sway masterdom” (1.5.80-83). Lady Macbeth will do anything to get power from her husband, so she starts to concoct plans to manipulate her husband into murdering King Duncan. Macbeth did not feel comfortable with killing King Duncan just to take the throne, but the persuasion of his wife made him realize the benefits of being king. Although she knew that murdering is wrong, her personal gain from the actions of murder is all she can think about. Lady Macbeth will go as far as drugging people to get access for her husband to kill the king, “That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold. What hath quenched them hath given me fire” (2.2.57). When the madness catches up with her, along with the guilt, she can not bear it anymore. As everything piles up, she starts to regret her past, taking her life to stop the

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

Lady Macbeth is a very aspiring woman very determined to get what she wants and does not care how she gets it. Lady Macbeth is a very manipulative person who hungers for power and will do anything to get it and when she heard from Macbeth about the witches prophecy she knew she has to jump on the first chance there is to have the power she really wants. When Lady Macbeth was telling her husband about her plan for him to kill Duncan while he was staying at their home, and trying to convince Macbeth of the outcomes of killing Duncan Like Macbeth being king and Lady Macbeth being queen. Macbeth starts worrying about killing Duncan to the point he starts hallucinating and sees a dagger

Because Macbeth has the desire to have the throne, he establishes the idea that in order to become king he has to kill king Duncan so that nothing stands in his way of being king.

In the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth was the evil one in charge, making decisions for her and Macbeth. She was making decisions for her and Macbeth and forcing him to act upon them. She was the mastermind behind the killing of Duncan. In the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth represents evil by her actions and her wanting to be this way. In the beginning she asks the spirits to unsex her and make her more masculine and powerful. She wants to have her Make thick my blood. Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse, that no compunctious visitings of nature” (1.5.47-61). Lady Macbeth wants for her to not feel any remorse and to act upon what she thinks is right. She wants for Duncan to be killed and forces her husband to do so. She is the mastermind behind the killing of Duncan and causes Macbeth to make a complete change in character. Macbeth begins to not listen to her and starts to boss her around. This really affects Lady Macbeth and she does not know how to proceed. By the end of the play Lady Macbeth gives up on trying to control Macbeth and her evil ways. Lady Macbeth realizes that Macbeth is crazy and she can not control what he does. She then decides that the situation she is in with Macbeth is so bad that she has end her life. Her death is a defeat to her controlling evil ways.