Lady Macbeth's Deception

In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth in finally killing the King of Scotland, King Duncan, shortly after Duncan announces Macbeth to be the Thane of Cawdor in addition to being the Thane of Glamis. When greeted with the opportunity, the duo share the same desire for power, however Lady Macbeth proves herself as the noble and more assertive one of the pair. Macbeth’s ambition, mindset and cleverness does not surpass Lady Macbeth’s ambition, mindset and cleverness when determining the tactics to get the throne. Lady Macbeth’s ambition gives her the will to kill Duncan unlike Macbeth, who is convinced the witches’ prophecy will come to fruition. He demonstrates his lack of drive to act on the prophecy when he says, …show more content…
On the other side, Lady Macbeth sees no issue with scheming to take the crown sooner rather than later. She conceives a plan for Macbeth to assassinate Duncan, “Soundly invite him, his two chamberlains/ Will I with wine and wassail so convince/That memory…/ Th’ungaurded Duncan?” (I, vii, 65-70). While Macbeth is contemplating whether to kill Duncan, his wife has already conjured up this seamless proposal to get Macbeth closer to becoming king. The couple both contain the desire to have more power but Lady Macbeth’s aggressive mindset for power does not falter equivalently to Macbeth’s troubled mindset. With Lady Macbeth’s exceeding blindness for power, she overlooks the morality of the situation. She demonstrates her lust and single-mindedness for authority when she says she will, “And dash’d the brains out, had I sworn” (I, vii, 58) of her own child while breastfeeding. However, Macbeth ceases to see the positive possibility of this strategy. He commences to feel remorseful due to the great deal of trust and respect Duncan has for him, “He’s here in double trust: / First, as I am his kinsman and his subject/… then, as his host, / …/ Not bear the knife myself.” (I, vii,