Examples Of Who Is At Fault In Macbeth

In a murder case it may be possible for someone else to be at fault besides the murderer. In the play “Macbeth” written by William Shakespeare, there are three witches that make prophecies to a man named Macbeth. These foretellings include Macbeth being titled as Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King of Scottland. After two of these fortunes come true he is very eager to make the third one come true and he is willing to go to extreme length to acquire this title. His wife, Lady Macbeth, may be even more ambitious to gain the title of queen. The King ends up getting murdered, but it is debatable who is truly at fault. Lady Macbeth is wanted the status of queen so much that she didn't want anything to get in her way, she also manipulated

This then caused her to not let anything get in her way of accomplishing this goal of hers. Shakespeare demonstrates this idea by writing “Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear And chastise with the valor of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round” (Act 1, Scene 7). By saying this, he makes it clear that Lady Macbeth was scared that her husband would not be able to have to gets to do what it takes to help her achieve the role of queen so she is going to try to convince him to do some extreme things to make the prophecy come true. It can be seen that the reason behind Macbeth carrying out the murder are not his reasosns but instead the reasons that Lady Macbeth tells him. Another way that Shakespeare reveals Lady Macbeth’s greed is by giving her the dialogue “Great Glamis, worthy Cawdor, Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter, Thy letters have transported me beyond This ignorant present, and I feel now The future in the instant.” (Act 1, Scene 5). This statement that Lady Macbeth says to macbeth helps support the idea that after reading the letter she was very excited about the idea of becoming queen. She admits that she is eager for the day to come when she gets crowned. Based on all of this evidence it is clear that Lady Macbeth is super ambitious about receiving this high ranking title of queen and it can be questioned

Some may argue that since he was the one that physically murdered King Duncan he is the one that is responsible. Once it was time to conduct the murder, Macbeth tried backing out because he knew it was the right thing to do and he could not bring himself to do something so bad to someone who had done so much for him. This can be proven when Mabeth expresses “I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on th' other.” (Act 1, Scene 7). By making it evident that he does not want to move forward with the murder it can be seen that he does not want to let his ambition to become king over take him and make him do unethical things. Macbeth believes that ambition is not a good reason to follow through with something so bad. Lady Mcbeth insults her husband by stating “What beast was’t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? 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”( Act 1, Scene 7). This can clearly show that Lady Macbeth was more determined to follow the plan and went as far as insulting the person she loved to be able to accomplish the goal. She is evidently using these insults to get into Macbeths head so that he will tey to prove her wrong and commit the murder. Although Macbeth is the one who plunged the dagger into King Duncan, Lady Macbeth encouraged