Esteemed lords and ladies of the court, think carefully about what you are doing right now. Are you going to prosecute the loyal Macbeth who has shown his loyalty and trustworthiness many times or prove his innocence and let him live the life him deserves? Good morning jury. We are assembled here today as my client, Macbeth has been accused of the regicide of former king Duncan. Today, I will prove the innocence of Macbeth. Macbeth was manipulated with beastly powers and to make thing even worse, his wife provoked him which later drove him into insanity. Without these influences, the idea of becoming king would have never occurred to the loyal Macbeth. It is clear that the 3 weird sisters plotted to manipulate Macbeth to kill Duncan which proves the innocence of Macbeth. The weird sisters are instruments of the devil. The sisters had stated an unbelievable prophecy that made Macbeth believe that his unnatural rise to power seemed natural. The withes had cast him with sinful spirits that made his mind go crazy and proves that he was acting against his will. Even our very own king, James the 1st wrote the book “Daemonolgie” to warn us about the agents of the devil’s great powers and how they would deliberately unsettle the Great Chain of Being. This proves that the poor Macbeth was being controlled by forces that made …show more content…
Lady Macbeth has provoked Macbeth into killing the king by questioning his manhood and laughing at him. Lady Macbeth had received a letter from Macbeth stating that he was now the Thane of Cawdor as well of Glamis. After reading the letter from Macbeth, Lady Macbeth's thoughts immediately turned to murder. Her servant stated that she said she would “pour her spirits in thine ears”. What she is meaning is that she would persuade him to assassinate the King Duncan. The manipulations she provoke was already enough to drive his already precarious mind into insanity and accept the task of the