Who's To Blame For The Downfall Of Lady Macbeth

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Some might say Macbeth is to blame bulimic Beth is the one who persuades him into doing it and turn it into an evil person. "I'll call upon you straight. Abide within. It is concluded. Bingo, by soul’s flights, if it finds heaven, must find it out tonight." (Act 3 Scene 2) However Lady Macbeth is the one that threatens him and makes him feel like he is weak and can't to do it. It may be clear that Macbeth is responsible for the things he does however, it is also clear that Lady Macbeth has just as much ambition as her husband and she does contribute to his downfall as well as her own. “When you durst do it, then you were a man; and, to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man. Nor time nor place did then adhere, and yet

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