In the book “Macbeth” by; William Shakespeare, left me with the question, is Lady Macbeth truly the reason that Macbeth’s driven to kill? Or is it all on him? Macbeth was a gleeful, untroubled individual. He never meant any harm, until his wife changed the ways of his future and caused him to go absolutely bonkers about becoming king of Scotland. His ways has changed throughout the story, and we can blame his wife, Lady Macbeth for that. Lady macbeth insulted his manhood, plans the actual murder, and doesn’t turn Macbeth in once things got “out of hand”. In act 1 scene 5, Lady Macbeth said “you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full / Of direst cruelty”. She is stating that she would kill the King of Scotland, Duncan, if she was a man. Throughout this scene Lady Macbeth is insulting Macbeth, calling him weak, and a coward. She’s trying to get him to prove her wrong. Lady Macbeth even tells Macbeth that if she wasn’t a lady she would kill Duncan herself. Macbeth is really pressured by his wife due to all of the insults she is precepting on to him. At this point, Macbeth is in a very bad …show more content…
He is now driven to kill, and has been killing anyone who gets in his way. His ways have changed and all he wants is to have power and become the King of Scotland. Lady Macbeth knew that her husband has taken things too far. She never told anyone who the killer was and she never helped her community. Lady Macbeth let her husband go insane due to her actions in the beginning and didn’t help him or didn’t warn anyone about his insanity as well. “Out, damned spot! Out I say!” Lady Macbeth started to feel guilty because she knows it’s her fault for Macbeth becoming who is turned into. She began to sleep walk and pretending that she was washing the blood of Duncan off of her hands. She had guilt written all over
Lady Macbeth has a greater control on Macbeth’s actions than any other character in Macbeth apart from the Weïrd Sisters. She is well known for her persuading speeches to her husband, convincing him to fulfill the murder of King Duncan. Lady Macbeth challenges Macbeth’s manly qualities, and informs him that only when he follows through with the murder that
We start to see Lady Macbeth’s actions have a huge impact on Macbeth’s character as he transforms from a decent being to an overly bitter creature. The cause of his alteration is due to the fact that Lady Macbeth is constantly excreting heartless information into his mind. "Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire?" (I;vii;39-41) "And, to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man." (I;vii;50-51) Lady Macbeth uses these quotes to push her husband beyond limits and is therefore responsible for his dramatic change in attitude. She is constantly feeding his thoughts with negative comments and later on Macbeth realizes that he has another side to him. As he moves along to discover the concealed side of him, Macbeth falls in love with himself and begins to be drawn towards his evil desires. Because Lady Macbeth was the main cause of his new hidden discovery, she is fully responsible for opening up the door and letting the darkness in. This results in Macbeth committing both murders.
She is still confident and is trying to stabilize Macbeth’s thoughts. Till this point she is not shown to be guilty of her act but confident. Gradually, as the play progresses we hear about Lady Macbeth’s condition from her maid, who says to a Doctor “Since his majesty went into the field, I have seen her rise/from her bed, throw her nightgown upon her, unlock her/closet, take forth paper, fold it, write upon 't, read it,/ afterwards seal it, and again return to bed, yet all this/while in most fall asleep” (V,I, 3-8). Then Lady Macbeth says while sleep walking “Out, damned spot!
She urges that he has a sickness and that sometimes he just has fits and that it will go away. We can understand that in her speech she is sad and uncomfortable but at the same time full of love not wanting her husband to give himself away. Lady Macbeth continues this behaviour until all of the guests have left and it is just the two of them. Now we see that it is just the two of them and that it is them against the world and although the odds seem impossible they try to fight through the guilt, the rumours, and try to continue their love, ruling and try to keep their secrets amongst each other. This functions the story to more of a evil power manner.
Lady Macbeth is a very loving wife to Macbeth and she wants to do anything she can for him to achieve his goals. She just takes it a little too far, and she puts too much pressure on Macbeth to commit crimes that he is not sure he wants to do. After Macbeth sends her a letter about the witches’ premonitions, Lady Macbeth is no longer the sweet innocent lady we expect her to be. She turns into a person who is just as ambitious as her husband and she wants to do whatever it takes to help him get Duncan out of the way. She even goes to the point of calling Macbeth a coward, and mocking his bravery when he fails to complete the job. She is even willing to do it herself (plant the bloody knife with the guard). Lady Macbeth is constantly putting the pressure on Macbeth to do things that he is not sure about. She almost turns into a bully who dares Macbeth to go out and do evil things. She even says in a soliloquy that she wants to be released of all her morals and values so that she can help him commit these crimes.
A commonly asked question from people who have read Macbeth is “Who is more at fault for the murder of King Duncan? Lady Macbeth or Macbeth himself?” There are many arguments for each side explaining who could be more at fault for the King’s murder. Personally, from the evidence of the book I believe that Lady Macbeth is more responsible for the king’s death. Throughout the book there are numerous examples showing how she is more at fault for this. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare Lady Macbeth not only talks her husband into reluctantly killing the king, she turned killing the King into a matter of Macbeth being a true man, and she felt no remorse after the King’s death while Macbeth felt awful about the situation and he felt very disloyal to the King.
Lady Macbeth is such a vital and influential character in the play and is the primary reason why Macbeth murdered Duncan. To Macbeth, his only immediate family is Lady Macbeth and so to be distanced from Lady Macbeth would be painful for both of them. Since, Lady Macbeth is the only with whom Macbeth can talk to openly about the plans and what each of them are experiencing. For example, Lady Macbeth is shown to be manipulative in through the first part of the play through the following quote said by Macbeth “ I am settled, and bend up / Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. / Away, and mock the time with fairest show.
After Macbeth came back from Norway, he disclosed that he could someday become King, Lady Macbeth had plans of her own, and that someday would be in a day or two. I believe that Lady Macbeth was responsible for some, not all, but some of the crimes Macbeth had committed. I believe this because Lady Macbeth essentially made Macbeth kill King Duncan in the first place, Lady Macbeth doesn’t turn Macbeth into the authorities when the crimes incline to far more devious things, and Lady Macbeth threatens him when he doesn’t do as she says. By the end of the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the people of Scotland overthrows Macbeth, after he gets crowned the King.
As the events escalate throughout the play, Lady Macbeth acts as the main drive for Macbeth's ambition. Lady Macbeth sees the potential power in Macbeth and is determined to become queen. She manipulates her husband and when he hesitates before committing the murder, she questions his manhood. "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. Nor time nor place /Did then adhere, and yet you wouldmake both: /They have made themselves, and that their fitness now /Does unmake you"(I.vii.28). She is manipulating Macbeth by saying he is not a man. Her ambition is so powerful she wishes she was a man so she could commit the crime herself. Lady Macbeth says, "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top--full of direst cruelty' (I.v.23). She longs to act like a man to kill Duncan. In the end this comes back to haunt her. Although Lady Macbeth has greater determination, she is unable to withstand the consequences of her acts. As the play progresses she is overcome with grief, leading her to kill herself. The power and ambition of Lady Macbeth ultimately leads to her own death. Through these events you see how power and ambition can be
Lady Macbeth’s first response to Macbeth’s letter; telling her about the witches’ prophecy, is to kill King Duncan. While Macbeth is hesitant at first, she does not fluctuate; not once, which shows how ruthless she is. Lady Macbeth does not care about the effect of her actions upon others, ultimately herself as well. When Macbeth questions her plan to kill the king she responds, “look like th’ innocent flower/but be the serpent under’t,” (Act 1.5). At this point, Lady Macbeth is only considering after herself, however, as the guilt starts to catch up to her, she begins to lose all sanity when she says, “out dammed spot!,” (Act 5.1) to something that isn’t even there-blood.
Because of this this soon led the end of their relationships. Lady Macbeth was the trigger to Macbeth murderous intent. Macbeth was like a robot that made to do one thing, but soon lost control from the master. Lady Macbeth would be considered the Master. Lady Macbeth strong personality eats her up in side as she too started to feel guilty.
Lady Macbeth motivates Macbeth into murdering of King Duncan. She in this case blackmails Macbeth by threatening his manhood. Lady Macbeth states, “When you dare do the deed, you were a man.” (Macbeth. 1.7. 50-51). Lady Macbeth is remarking to Macbeth that if he does this murderous deed, he will again be considered a man. She wants the power more in this case, but yet does not want to do it herself. She relies on Macbeth to make sure he does the dirty work, while she orchestrates the whole murder. Therefore, this leads to a line full of blood, greed, and power.
She then exclaims that she must take on her masculine characteristics to murder the current king Duncan. She convinces Macbeth to continue with the scathing plan of murder when they receive the perfect opportunity having King Duncan as a guest in their own home. Lady Macbeth’s words “Come, you spirits/ That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full/ Of direst cruelty!” (1.5.38–41) This quote portrays the gender role consequence she faces with the fact that she is willing to do the murderous deeds herself, which require her change from her nurturing body to
She was madly in love with her husband, but fell to her own demise. Macbeth couldn’t stay away from the greed for her burning ambition to be queen. Lady Macbeth persistently taunts her husband for his lack of courage. She would do anything and everything to become queen, and make her husband king of Scotland. Early in the play Lady Macbeth is presented as a committed wife who knows her husbands cons and believes she can help succeed to take over the kingdom. She then changes to an evil, demonic-like women when she calls on the evil spirits using language thats supernatural and death to lose her feminine nature. The third face of Lady Macbeth we see is a cunning and controlling wife who takes over and plans the murder of
She believed that King Duncan should be murdered to further the power and influence of herself and husband, but was worried that Macbeth would be too good to do the deed. The act of murder for Lady Macbeth seemed obvious and she was willing to do anything to become queen. The murder of Duncan was the thing that changed her, like Macbeth, except she started to change paradoxically to Macbeth. The first murder made her more cautious to the idea of murder then opposed to murder and finally to outright disgust with herself and the things Macbeth was doing. The coping process for Lady Macbeth was the total opposite of Macbeth’s because instead of becoming emotionless she became overwhelmed by feelings of guilt and regret.