Early on she is the stronger and more ruthless of the two, as she urges her husband to kill King Duncan, and seize the thrown. Having second thoughts about his decision, Lady Macbeth convinces him that being king is what he really wants, and that it is the best for both of them. After Macbeth talks of his uncertainty, Lady Macbeth manipulates him by questioning his love for her and his manhood, which is shown in the following quote. “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.” (Macbeth, I.vii.54). She is successful because regardless of his own conscience Macbeth carries out their plan of murder. This is only one example of how Lady Macbeth plays an important role in the development of the story. She humiliates Macbeth and belittles him by calling him less of a man because he wouldn’t kill Duncan. She does this in order to fulfill her ambitious need in order to become queen. Lady Macbeth also shows ambition when she talks with Macbeth and tries to persuade him against his will. She tells things just how she sees them fit and tells it like it is. With out her fortitude and ambition, Macbeth would not have started his killing spree which would have kept him from becoming king of
Early on she is the stronger and more ruthless of the two, as she urges her husband to kill King Duncan, and seize the thrown. Having second thoughts about his decision, Lady Macbeth convinces him that being king is what he really wants, and that it is the best for both of them. After Macbeth talks of his uncertainty, Lady Macbeth manipulates him by questioning his love for her and his manhood, which is shown in the following quote. “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.” (Macbeth, I.vii.54). She is successful because regardless of his own conscience Macbeth carries out their plan of murder. This is only one example of how Lady Macbeth plays an important role in the development of the story. She humiliates Macbeth and belittles him by calling him less of a man because he wouldn’t kill Duncan. She does this in order to fulfill her ambitious need in order to become queen. Lady Macbeth also shows ambition when she talks with Macbeth and tries to persuade him against his will. She tells things just how she sees them fit and tells it like it is. With out her fortitude and ambition, Macbeth would not have started his killing spree which would have kept him from becoming king of