Essay On The Assassination Of Lady Macbeth

The performance of Macbeth is genuinely dark and consists of many haunting elements. Diving into the tragedy of Macbeth, we see characters change and develop as events unfold. In the second act of Macbeth, we see Macbeth himself kill the king. This action leaves him disconnected from the world, as he is overwhelmed with guilt. However, he is not the only one who can be considered guilty. Lady Macbeth had quite the role in the assassination of the king and she is just as important character in the assassination as Macbeth is. Macbeth himself always had this assassination in the back of his head but he never had the mental strength to go through with it. It was his wife, Lady Macbeth, that convinced him to put this plan into action, “Which …show more content…
..Shall be a fume” (I.vii.63-64). Considering Lady Macbeth seems to want the throne more than Macbeth does, she is willing to do more and get her hands dirty in the scenarios that Macbeth is not. Once the assassination took place, Lady Macbeth shows little fear. When Macbeth is in her sights she shows no emotion of fear, guilt or pity. Instead, she had an intention of making Macbeth seem weak compared to her. “The sleeping and the dea are but as pictures; ‘tis the eye of childhood that fears a panting devil.” (II.ii.57-59). In my own opinion, Lady Macbeth can be considered more guilty than Macbeth for Duncan's murder; she is willing to go above and beyond to get the job done, she placed more innocent lives at risk, she pushed her husband to do things he is not ready for, and finally she showed little emotion while doing so. Although Macbeth is the one who assassinated King Duncan just as much blame can be put on Lady Macbeth as the outcome would have been much different without her. The only difference between Lady Macbeth and her husband is Lady Macbeth stopped killing after