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Who Is Responsible For Macbeth's Death

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Although at the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth did present the idea to Macbeth himself; she wanted to just kill the one person. Macbeth and his inability to stand for himself and go against his wife went along with her plan. After the plan had been executed Lady Macbeth had been satiated and was at peace with their standing. Macbeth however wanted more. "We've scorched the snake, not killed it." Macbeth decided that by eliminating all competition not just those who had come before him, he would consolidate and ensure his reign indefinitely. Within the first act; Lady Macbeth was very instrumental in the first murders that occurred; kind of dragging Macbeth along in the wake of her ambition. In the third act however,Lady Macbeth seems

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