Lady Macbeth Is To Blame For King Duncan's Murder

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In Shakespeare’s play, “Macbeth”, the King of Scotland is suddenly murdered, leaving a mystery yet to be solved. The sons of King Duncan fled to England and Ireland causing confusion on who murdered the king. Macbeth and his wife are seeking power by plotting the murder of the individual with the most authority: King Duncan. Lady Macbeth is responsible for the King Duncan’s murder because she manipulates Macbeth and creates a plan to kill the King without any help from him.
Lady Macbeth manipulated Macbeth into murdering King Duncan by criticizing him and making him feel guilty. Lady Macbeth told Macbeth that he would “live a coward in thine own esteem” (1.7.58-59) because he had made the decision that he would not kill the king. She’s trying

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