Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both had their own occasions during which they didn't have their morals in mind. Even though both of them sometimes didn't make the right choices, Macbeth was lacking more in morality than Lady Macbeth, since she ended up repenting everything they had done. Macbeth, for starters, jumped so quickly into his desire for ambition. Once the witches told him the prophecy, he was excited for it and had to tell his wife. Lady Macbeth then assumed her role. As soon as she read his letter, she was determined that she would do anything she could to make Macbeth a king. Even though both of them were ambitious, on this occasion she behaved worse than Macbeth since she tried to convince him to murder Duncan. She would gladly kill …show more content…
Not only did he lie, which is a sin, but he also killed without hesitation. It is keen to point out that Macbeth felt guilty after doing the deed. He had nightmares and started having hallucinations. This proved how deeply disturbed he was because of his actions. At this point however, Lady Macbeth seemed indifferent, as she acted carefree and kept on repeating “what is done is done” in order to calm Macbeth. The plot then takes a twist, as Lady Macbeth begins to feel guilty over what happened. Repenting what she had done, she would have nightmares which would get really bad to the point where she would sleepwalk. She would imagine her hands were full of blood, so she washed them constantly to get rid of it. However, this was useless, as the spots of blood could never disappear. This shows how she feels: her guilt is eternal and nothing can make it vanish. Once Lady Macbeth was finally cleansing her soul by repenting her sins, Macbeth took a wrong turn. Seeming to care less about mortality, he committed many more sins. He stopped feeling guilty and had not only Macduff’s family murdered, but also Banquo’s (even though Fleance managed to escape). Macbeth was blinded with ambition doing anything to keep his name on the throne (avoiding prophecy of Banquo’s son taking over in future