Is Lady Macbeth more responsible for King Duncan’s death? Is Lady Macbeth is more evil than her husband?
Lady Macbeth was a component during the murder however she cannot be accused of being more responsible for King Duncan’s death. Lady Macbeth was not eviler than her husband Macbeth. Macbeth was the character who did the deed which therefore makes him more vain.
The first evidence that proves that Lady Macbeth cannot be blamed for the death of the king was because it clearly states that Macbeth was the one who did the deed. Lady Macbeth says, “Only look up clear. To alter favor ever is to fear. Leave all the rest to me”(1,6,71-72). This shows that Lady Macbeth had planned the death but hadn’t done the actual crime. Lady Macbeth informs …show more content…
Lady Macbeth is very manipulative and ambitious. Her evil is articulated in words and in her cunning strategies. Macbeth had decided not to execute King Duncan and told her not to continue with the deed, instead of ending the plans she replied with a ‘motivational speech’ which then changed Macbeth’s mind. In the speech, Lady Macbeth verbally attacks Macbeth by testing his masculinity and also linking it back to personal attacks such as when she say she would smash her own son's brain then back out of this deed. Macbeth was more motivated to kill King Duncan after she said, “What beast was ’t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man...” (1,7,48-58). In this line, she questions his masculinity by making him remember that he was the one who told her he wanted to kill the king. She says that he dared to do this deed he was a man but if he backs out then he is considered less of a man. Macbeth questions what happens if they failed but she brushed the thought aside and told him to leave all the planning to her and all he needs to do is commit the murder, it was this line which made him commits the
Lady Macbeth was a component during the murder however she cannot be accused of being more responsible for King Duncan’s death. Lady Macbeth was not eviler than her husband Macbeth. Macbeth was the character who did the deed which therefore makes him more vain.
The first evidence that proves that Lady Macbeth cannot be blamed for the death of the king was because it clearly states that Macbeth was the one who did the deed. Lady Macbeth says, “Only look up clear. To alter favor ever is to fear. Leave all the rest to me”(1,6,71-72). This shows that Lady Macbeth had planned the death but hadn’t done the actual crime. Lady Macbeth informs …show more content…
Lady Macbeth is very manipulative and ambitious. Her evil is articulated in words and in her cunning strategies. Macbeth had decided not to execute King Duncan and told her not to continue with the deed, instead of ending the plans she replied with a ‘motivational speech’ which then changed Macbeth’s mind. In the speech, Lady Macbeth verbally attacks Macbeth by testing his masculinity and also linking it back to personal attacks such as when she say she would smash her own son's brain then back out of this deed. Macbeth was more motivated to kill King Duncan after she said, “What beast was ’t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man...” (1,7,48-58). In this line, she questions his masculinity by making him remember that he was the one who told her he wanted to kill the king. She says that he dared to do this deed he was a man but if he backs out then he is considered less of a man. Macbeth questions what happens if they failed but she brushed the thought aside and told him to leave all the planning to her and all he needs to do is commit the murder, it was this line which made him commits the