Lady Macbeth's Responsibility For The Murder Of King Duncan

The reason for this assumption are from the play itself. Her prime goal or attempt was to seize any masculine power to further her husbands political goals which shows her strong connection to her husband and she would do anything to better his political status. The textual evidence is in scene five of act one where Lady Macbeth "talks" by herself saying, "... You spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,..." (V, i, 41-42). Lady Macbeth has many reasons, right or wrong, that would make her a prime suspect for being the cause of King Duncan's murder. Those being greed, jealousy, and hatred of King Duncan. Also, first Duncan's wife had a stronger claim

In my essay we are going to talk about why I think Lady Macbeth is more responsible for the murder of King Duncan. I think the reason she is guilty is because she put her nightwear, she pushed her husband Macbeth to kill him, and because Duncan was more in charge than she was over all of the people.

Responsibility for the Tragic Events in Macbeth by William Shakespeare Macbeth is one of Shakespeare four great tragedies. The witches, Lady

“When Lady MacBeth receives the letter from MacBeth telling her that he wants to kill Duncan, she fears that he would not have the courage to go through with it” (Shakespeare 31). She brings out the worst in him and encourages him to kill King Duncan. She persuades him by constantly telling him negative things to get MacBeth to believe that he is doing the right thing. “Look like th’ innocent flower, but be the serpent under ’t” (Shakespeare 35). Lady MacBeth is the one who tells MacBeth to be this vicious creature and makes him think that killing King Duncan is okay. Because of Lady Macbeth’s behavior, MacBeth was led to become a murderer. Macbeth should not be held accountable for his actions since Lady MacBeth is the one who convinced him to commit the crime that started his madness and turn him into a monster.

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, it is generally interpreted by readers that either Macbeth or the witches were the cause of all of his murders. However, many do not consider the intentions of his wife, Lady Macbeth. Her actions and advice to her husband gave him the will to murder, led him to insanity, and then made Macbeth the one to blame instead of herself. Lady Macbeth may have strongly influenced Macbeth’s murders, especially in the murder of King Duncan.

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.

Macbeth has murdered Duncan. Before killing him, he expressed a worry of this giving him bad karma. In this particular quote, I find that his worry has almost developed into paranoia. It is almost as if he starts to question his belief, and whether or not he can rely on God for guidance, the way he may have done before. He realizes most certainly that this deed will be on his conscience for the rest of his life, and I think that wishes he had not done it. His wife on the other hand still shows no signs of doubt, regret or any other feelings one may expect to feel after a murderer. However, I feel that she must doubt the action too. If she had been completely convinced that it was what they had to do, she could have done it herself. In Scene 5 of Act 2, she claims she cannot commit murderer because she is a woman. The era in which this play takes place is definitely different in many ways from the way we live today, but I believe that would not have been impossible for Lady Macbeth to murderer Duncan herself. I believe that it is an ethical dilemma for her as well, she wants to be Queen, but she doesn’t want a murderer on her conscience. Therefore

Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is still to this day one of the player writer's most successful works, for a variety of reasons. It is beautifully written, mostly consisting of Shakespeare’s signature unrhymed iambic pentameters, and though it is difficult to understand, it is a masterpiece that to this day amazes many. However, those are not the only reasons the tragedy gained so much popularity; unlike many of Shakespeare’s works, “Macbeth” still leaves the reader with many questions, even after the story ends. Not everything is explained by the author, and many times, the reader has to determine things for themselves. For example, who was the real killer of King Duncan? Though everyone has a different view on this question, one thing is clear: without Lady Macbeth’s influence, the king most likely would have never been slaughtered, and Macbeth may have never became king.

Evil is defined as morally bad or actions arising from bad character. Shakespeare thoroughly explores this theme in his play "Macbeth" and one instance where the reader is confronted with this, is with King Duncan's murder. This essay will show that Lady Macbeth has a share in Duncan's death, but that she is not the only one to blame. With regards to this, the essay will further prove that Lady Macbeth is not more evil than her husband, Macbeth. Macbeth writes to Lady Macbeth that he has heard from the witches that he may some day be king, and although Lady Macbeth is excited by this news, she also realizes that Macbeth is too kind-hearted to find the easiest way (i.e. kill the king) to become the ruler himself.

In Shakespeare's story Macbeth a key character Duncan is killed in cold blood, however who is completely responsible? In this essay I will explain my response into why I think that Macbeth is the primary subject in the murder of King Duncan, I will also write about how Lady Macbeth also plays a big part in the murder of Duncan. My main reason against Macbeth is the fact that he had indeed committed the deed which would lead to the upheaval of the kingdom, he ignored all signs that the plan could be disastrous and went and killed Duncan. What is mainly agitating for the reader is the fact that he showed deep respect for his kinsman but he completely ignores his conscience and blindly leaves his heart in his wife's hands.

First of all, I would like to express my commiseration for the death of King Duncan of Scotland, his royal family, and loyal subjects. Appointed as the King’s Royal District Attorney, I will make sure that there will be justice to this case on behalf of the royal court of Scotland. Return from fighting enemy forces, Macbeth meets the three witches and they give a prophecy stating that he will become the Thane of Cawdor, and eventually the King of Scotland. As Lady Macbeth is informed of the news by Macbeth, she immediately starts to form a plan to assassinate King Duncan so that Macbeth could rise to power.

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, lady Macbeth is mostly responsible for the murder of King Duncan. Although, Macbeth killed the king it was lady Macbeth’s manipulation towards her husband Macbeth which made him murder King Duncan. Lady Macbeth ridiculed Macbeth that he will not be a man unless he commits this immoral act. Lady Macbeth’s greed also plays a tremendous role in the murder of king Duncan as she wants to become the Queen and have more power. Lady Macbeth is also very persistent to achieve that title.

Lady Macbeth convinces and persuades Macbeth to kill King Duncan for the power. She had called him weak and having a lack of courage to do it. People do not like to be told that cannot do something. Lady Macbeth had pushed him far enough to point he murdered the king but still felt the guilt of doing it afterwards. She had helped him cover his actions by taking over at some points. Unfortunately, everything had caught up to her and slowly started to lose control. Lady Macbeth eventually killed herself after the worries consumed her at night. All of this shows Lady Macbeth as a leading cause of Macbeth actions because she forced him in a way to get power and control. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth had relied on the other to cover up their actions. They both met their downfall and Lady Macbeth did not want to deal with the repercussions of Macbeth’s or her actions. The story would have been much had Lady Macbeth not been a character at all. Macbeth would have had a much worse time dealing without Lady Macbeth. Macbeth would not have taken the actions he did without the influence of Lady

In the Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth, we are aware that Duncan is killed by Macbeth so Macbeth may become king. However, Macbeth didn’t want to do it after some thinking. He received a lot of extra “encouragement” from his wife Lady Macbeth. She urged him to do it so that he may have the witches prophecies come true, but she did so in a rather abusive way. I’m sure that if Macbeth wasn’t going to commit to the crime, Lady Macbeth would have done it herself somehow (even though it would be difficult with the guards). It makes you wonder… was it really Macbeth’s fault for Duncan’s murder? Even though he was the one who did the deed he wasn’t likely to do it at first without his wife’s pushing. I believe that Lady Macbeth was indeed responsible

In addition to becoming king, Macbeth is also told to be aware of the Thane of Fife. The way that Macbeth interpreted this prophecy was that Macduff, the Thane of Fife, was going to figure out that is was in fact Macbeth who killed Duncan, not the two chamberlains. This caused Macbeth to grow extremely paranoid. Eventually, Macbeth’s paranoia became too much for him to bear on his own so he turned to the servants in the Thane’s castles and hired them as spies.