The responsibility for the murder of Duncan from greatest to least is the witches, Lady Macbeth and then Macbeth himself. The witches had the most responsibility in the murder of Duncan because in this quote they say “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! [...] All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” if they had never told him that he would go on to become either Thane of Cawdor or king he would have not believed that he would soon after become king. However, after he does become the Thane of Cawdor he starts to believe that what they have said may be true after all. Since he became Thane of Cawdor, he awaits for the best to come which is to become king. “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” He begins to trust them and although it may seem that it was his fault when he killed Duncan, had they not implemented the idea of being king into his head, he would not have killed him. …show more content…
She quotes “It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness” throughout this scene, she constantly threatens him with his masculinity and reliability to kill Duncan, which he fears doing. In this next quote she once again challenges his masculinity “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.” She says that if he truly was man and actually followed through with his plans and kept his promise, then he would go on to be far more than just a