As Macbeth struggles with the decision to kill or spare King Duncan, he displays his intriguing character, rhetorically known as ethos. His wife, Lady Macbeth, also displays ethos when she begins to persuade Macbeth that he should in fact kill the King. Her methods to convince him were less than ethical, as she threatened his masculinity and took advantage of his weak decisiveness. Being Macbeth’s consort, Lady Macbeth knows exactly how to speak to him in order to get her way. Macbeth is initially apprehensive about murdering King Duncan. He displays clear signs of unwillingness when he says “We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honored me of late, and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be
