Who Is Responsible For Lady Macbeth's Downfall

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth was inoculated Macbeth’s manhood. Macbeth ended up losing everything that he gained from murdering the rightful king. The reason why he lost it all was because Lady Macbeth each time she has seen her husband seemed not to want to kill the king she would just keep insulting his manhood. Lady Macbeth is absolutely responsible Macbeth’s downfall.

The first reason why Lady Macbeth is the downfall is because Lady Macbeth inoculated Macbeth each time he seemed not to want to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth kept taking away his manhood and making him feel more like a baby. In the play Lady Macbeth says “My hands are now the same color as yours, but I would be ashamed if my heart were as white. (knocking) I hear a knocking at the south gate. Let’s return to our bedroom. A little water will clean up the evidence of our deed. How easy it will be then! Your firmness has deserted you. (knocking) More knocking. Put your robe on, so that if we are called, we won’t seem to have been up. Don’t get lost in depressing thoughts. ” (ii ii 80-88). In the quote above, from the play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth says her hands are now the same color as Macbeth’s because she put blood on the guards' faces. Lady Macbeth goes on to say she would be ashamed if her heart was ever as white has his.

One of the quotes from Lady Macbeth sleep acting was when she was saying “ Wash your hands. Put on your nightgown. Don’t look so pale! I tell you once again-Banquo’s buried. He cannot come out of his grave” (v i 58-60). This shows you that Lady Macbeth can’t handle the fact that she was part of Banquo’s