Is Lady Macbeth To Blame

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Have you ever been pressured into doing something you didn't want to do or don't like doing? In the play Macbeth by Shakespeare Lady Macbeth forces Macbeth to kill KIng Duncan. In my opinion Lady Macbeth is most to blame, because she forced Macbeth to kill the king when he truly didn’t want to. Both of the Macbeths want the king's powers but don't want the blame of his death. In the play it reads “As we shall make our griefs and clamour roar upon his death”(1.7.78-79). Lady Macbeth wants the king's power and the only way to get it is if he’s dead. Macbeth come back and says “I have done the deed”(2.2.14). Macbeth killed King Duncan because Lady Macbeth forced him to for the power. Macbeth did the deed but Lady Macbeth goes behind him and …show more content…

Lady Macbeth states “These deeds must not be thought after these ways it will make us mad”(2.2.33-34). In her words she is saying they have to forget what they did. She want’s to get rid of the evidence so it's not traced back to them “Give me the daggers” 2.2.52). She takes the daggers to get rid of the evidence. She plants the blood and the daggers on the sleeping guards. The murder will haunt them forever because they know what actually happen. Macbeth says “I am afraid to think what I have done ; look ont again I dare not”(2.2.500. He doesn't want to think about what he has done, he fears the truth of what happen. Lady Macbeth states “My hands are of your color, but shane to wear a heart so white”(2.2.63-64). Her hands are blood red from planting the evidence but her heart is hard to stay white with the truth. After she planted the evidence she is in just as deep as Macbeth is. In my opinion Lady Macbeth is most to blame, because she forced Macbeth to kill the king when he truly didn’t want to. Lady Macbeth made Macbeth kill the king when he didn't want to kill him but he still wanted the power. Macbeth wanted the king's power but he didn't want to have to kill the king. The lesson to learn from this story is to never let someone pressure you to do something you absolutely don't want to

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