Who Was Responsible For Macbeth's Crimes

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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. Lady Macbeth convinced Macbeth to kill King Duncan, she did this because she wanted to assume the position of the throne. Lady Macbeth planned out the murder and who would be blamed for it, she just couldn’t execute the action herself, and that’s why she had Macbeth do it. If she never made Macbeth kill Duncan, then I don’t think all the other crimes that followed would’ve happened. …show more content…

She also didn’t want her husband to get into any trouble. They thought that once King Duncan was killed, that they’d become takers of the throne, and nobody would ask questions. Macbeth's’ best friend Banquo started to consider Macbeth suspicious since, he was with him when the three witches had said that he would become King. Macbeth then decided that he needed to kill Banquo too, since he was suspecting Macbeth of the crimes, Macbeth also killed Banquo's

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