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Who Is Lady Macbeth To Blame For Killing Duncan

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Is Lady Macbeth to blame for the murder of King Duncan? King Duncan was killed because of the Macbeths thirst for power. Lady Macbeth is more to blame for King Duncan’s death rather than Macbeth himself. She would use her body and her influence she had on him to help direct his decisions to the way she wanted things. Macbeth, at times, would feel some sort of remorse for killing Duncan. Lady Macbeth, never did. For example, before the murder had actually taken place there was a scene when Macbeth was talking to himself about the plan. He expressed that he felt bad, so Lady Macbeth began talking down to him, talking to him like he was less of a man. “It is too full o’th milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way.” (2.2.25) This is Lady Macbeth telling Macbeth he isn't man enough to follow through with his plan to murder the king, in order to have all of his power. She then continued to say to him “ Thou wouldst be great, are not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it.” (2.2.26) Lady Macbeth is telling Macbeth, basically, that he would be more of a man if he were more heartless. She would say these things because she knew that she had a very strong influence on Macbeth’s actions. …show more content…

“ To know my deed, twere best not know myself.”(3.2.28) This quote shows Macbeth not wanting to think about his actions. “ My hands are of you color, but I shame to wear a heart so white. “ ( 3.2.27) Another quote showing the way that Lady Macbeth would speak to Macbeth, like he isn’t as strong or brave as she. What She was implying there was that she would be ashamed if she were anything like Macbeth, weak. This all leads Macbeth to finish his plan and kill King Duncan in order to take over all of his power. Shortly after this all takes place, Macbeth’s guilt returns, with

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She’s more of the brains behind the plan to kill King Duncan rather than the actual murderer. In Act 1: Scene 5, she receives the letter from Macbeth and she says “Yet I do fear thy nature; It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness”, she knows that he will end up not wanting to go through with their plan. Although he could have said no she still pushed him to proceed. Maybe if Macbeth would’ve put his foot down instead of cowering down and doing whatever Lady Macbeth said, he wouldn’t be in the predicament of having to kill his friends that he is in now. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are much like Adam and Eve.

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I think if Macbeth wasn’t encouraged by Lady Macbeth he would have never killed Duncan. I think this because at first he didn’t seem all about it, and kind of regarded telling his wife what the witches had told him. The reason I think that Macbeth would not od killed Duncan is because when his wife was talking to him about killing him, Macbeth kept saying how Duncan had never done anything wrong or bad to him and how Duncan sees him as such a great person and safe to be around. Macbeth was obviously totally against killing him at first until Lady Macbeth was telling him how he’s not acting like a man a destroying his man hood.

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