Throughout the play, Macbeth was easily manipulated by his wife, Lady Macbeth. In the relationship, Lady Macbeth is noticeably the dominant one. Her actions and words cause the viewer to feel the aura of her manipulative skills on Macbeth. She pin points any man’s weakness; manhood and courage and uses that against Macbeth. Although Macbeth is a subordinate to his wife’s desires, he himself is an ambitious person, which is one of the reasons why he was easily persuaded by his wife. In the beginning of the play after Lady Macbeth reads the letter sent by her husband, she immediately plots against the king. This is one of the examples as to how much she desires to be the queen of Scotland. With Macbeth having big ambitions, and his wife having an even greater ambition but with very strong manipulative skills, it gives the impression that she is no doubt the dominant character that drives Macbeth to act the way he does.
MACBETH ACTS AS THE TRUE VILLAIN Macbeth is the visible and easy to identify villain as he is the character who commits villainous murders. Contrary to popular belief of Macbeth playing the true villain, what is easy to identify after investigating the role of the true villain, that the less obvious character, Lady Macbeth emerges as the real villain. Although Macbeth is the character who physically commits the murders, without Lady Macbeth it is highly probable that he would have succumbed to fear and guilt, and therefore would not have been able to commit the crimes. The presence of Lady Macbeth indicates the driving force behind Macbeths loss of humanity as it shows, the constant manipulation that she demonstrates in a very effective manor, through the lack of faith in his manhood and belief that he does not possess the courage to carry out the murder. This evidence allows one to conclude that the true villain in William Shakespeare’s, Macbeth is Lady Macbeth.
I agree that Lady Macbeth is a very clever woman. Not only did she have the dominance over her husband which was quite uncommon during their time, she also manipulated and talked him through into committing a terrible crime which was to murder the King of Scotland, though what also pushed Macbeth a little bit further into doing that was his own ambition and desire of becoming king. Lady Macbeth was also the one that planned the murder, she did it so well and thoroughly that no one even suspected her. She had also said that if she was not a woman and if Duncan did not remind her of her father, she would have murdered him herself. However in the end, she took her own life as she became insane and could not cope with the guilt.
No one can deny that Lady Macbeth is not a clever woman. She was easily capable of plotting and planning numerous crimes in short spaces of time. Her ambitious nature leads her to use all her energy to acquire the power she desires while using another person to do the dirty work for her. This is clearly seen just after Lady Macbeth received her husband's letter saying that Macbeth had become the new Thane of Cawdor and that the King was coming to their house. As soon as finished reading the letter, she started planning the murder of the King and how to easily distract the guards. Lady Macbeth's presence alone influences Macbeth greatly which just shows how domineering and cunning she truly is in Shakespeare's play, Macbeth.
((Lady Macbeth is responsible for the demise of Macbeth)) In my opinion, Lady Macbeth did have a major part in Macbeth’s demise however cannot be blamed entirely for his acts or consequences. As we know, the three witches were the first to put the thought in Macbeth’s mind- Lady Macbeth then manipulated that thought and pushed Macbeth into his decision. Lady Macbeth took the advantage of what the witches told Macbeth, she used his weaknesses against him in order to take control of him. As well as the witches and Lady Macbeth, Macbeth himself is ultimately responsible for himself and his actions. He didn’t have to submit to Lady Macbeth’s taunts, if he had been stronger he would have been able to resist those thoughts and ultimately not kill the king etc. Lady Macbeth was a queen of manipulation and Macbeth a puppet to her whims and so both were responsible for what happened. His demise was brought on by himself and plagued by Lady Macbeth, It was his choice to commit those acts and it was he who was responsible for his demise.
Throughout the play we see Lady Macbeth’s character fulfil the role in manipulating her husband, Macbeth to commit murder and kill King Duncan. I believe that this truly means that she is a clever woman. To elaborate, she is cleaver in her own sort of way. The way she so cleverly hides her true personality which is, Unfeeling, strong – minded, ambitious and power hungry. However, she soon becomes very remorseful, this is when she sleepwalks. Her actual characteristics start to show. This then makes the statement; Lady Macbeth is a clever woman half true. Yes we see at the start of the play Lady Macbeth as a strong, clever woman but as her character develops she starts to fall apart. The guilt and sorrow that she has been feeling finally gets the better of her till the point where she commits suicide. Lady Macbeth is clever. However she starts to lose this personal trait as the play goes on.
Although Lady Macbeth may be blamed for being the spark that triggered Macbeth’s quest for power (which obviously lead up to his demise), there are many contributing factors in Macbeth’s claim to power and inevitably his downfall, the decision was ultimately his, hence he was the only one who was responsible for his own downfall. By giving into his sinister temptations and especially the words of his wife Lady Macbeth, Macbeth himself chose a path of destruction. He was the one who chose to listen to his wife and carry out Duncan’s murder; he also chose to listen to the witches, whose prophecy ‘planted the seed’ and idea of becoming king in Macbeth’s mind and ultimately set him into action. His blinding sense of over confidence, lust for power and ambition are all significant attributes which led to his self-destruction and demise, these attributes are what ‘sealed’ his gloomy fate. Ultimately Macbeth has no one else to blame for his downfall, but himself!!!
Hopefully that made as much sense to you as it did to me...! :D Keep the love and peace!!! <3
Macbeth does act as a true villain but it is only becuase Lady Macbeth is his 'conscience' she truley is the real villain in the partnership, but Macbeth does not see that she is setting him up. Macbeth looks like the true villain but in reality the true villain is Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth is obviously easily persuded and the true villain is easily more powerful.
Lady Macbeth is a clever woman – Lady Macbeth is clever in Shakespeare’s Macbeth because she was smart enough to manipulate her own husband and she was able to be more dominant than him. Since men back then were usually more powerful than their wives, it is surprising to see that the wife took charge. Lady Macbeth was clever in her role because she was able to control Macbeth’s decisions and actions and she was able to force him to kill King Duncan in order to get the position of King for her husband. She was also clever in the play because while Macbeth eventually got caught out for killing Duncan, nobody knew that Lady Macbeth was the brains behind the attack.
LADY MACBETH IS A CLEVER WOMAN: One of the most obvious reasons that she is clever is that she can read. In Shakespearian times,Many women did not have an education and if they did they were wealthy or in the Royal family. if this was the case in early 17th century then it is even more surprising that in Shakespeare's Macbeth which is set in the 11th century; that Lady Macbeth can read. This signifies she has had an education and she is very clever. Secondly Lady Macbeth was able to manipulate her husband Macbeth to kill the king. She was clever enough to dominate over him by poking fun at his manhood. And Lastly lady Macbeth was always thought of as innocent. She was a clever enough actor that no one suspected her of wrongdoing. When it was her who planted the seed of evil in Macbeths mind.
Lady Macbeth is obviously a clever woman. One point that proves this statement is that she came up with a plan so good that if it ever got discovered she wouldn’t get the blame for it. She did this by making Macbeth as do all the dirty work for her. Another example of Lady Macbeth being a clever woman is that she was able to convince Macbeth to go through with the plan when he was having doubts about it. While Lady Macbeth did these things she put an innocent act on to the rest of the community to hide her real self. Later on Lady Macbeth couldn’t handle all the guilt of what she had done so she committed suicide.
"Lady Macbeth is a clever woman" Throughout the play it can be seen that Lady Macbeth could be considered as a clever woman in her era. She not only twists her husband around her finger to get what not only what he wants, but to satisfy her need of power. An example of this is when she establishes a great plan to get Duncan killed to allow Macbeth to be king, without any visible flaws. The part about being king obviously is a major hook for Macbeth, which gets him reeled in on the scheme, but not only is Macbeth part of the plan, Lady Macbeth also persuades him to do “the dirty work” as Aimee said. Being educated also gives the sense that Lady Macbeth is “clever”. But in saying all this, could Lady Macbeth be considered as intelligent. She didn’t think about the after effects of her scheme and how she had sent her own self to death. When you say it like that, I don’t believe that she is “clever”. If she had truly thought about her plan and had not listened to her over powering desire of power, maybe she would have ended up in a different spot other than dead.
Although Macbeth has been known to crack under pressure, his main pressures came from the intelligence of Lady Macbeth. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth uses her intelligence to manipulate and transform Macbeth into a whole new person. Lady Macbeth thinks her plans through with great mastery before proceeding with them. This allows her to commit acts without recieving the consequences. This intelligence was used to hide the unlawful murder of Macbeth. As the audience, we see who the real villan is but those of Shakespeare's time would have never accepted that such innocet majesty would commit such cruel acts. Therefore Macbeth is not a real villain but Lady Macbeth is a clever woman.
Completely contradictory to the ideals of the intended audience and even more so, the era in which the play was set [as Jessie said], Lady Macbeth is in many ways a pathetic fallacy as her intelligence and dominance is utterly incongruous and significantly conflicts with the standing norms and ideologies of her surrounding civilisation. As a woman in such an age with such ambition and ability, Lady Macbeth is truly eccentric. This proposition is reinforced through her successful endeavours to gain power and resources through an indirect source. Lady Macbeth’s high intelligence level is further distinguished by her ability to manipulate individuals and even the course of a situation in just a few, powerful, influential words. Additionally, she can READ!! [This would have been incredibly odd for her time]!! Although several questions can be posed concerning her inability to self-sufficiently cope with guilt and the inconsideration of her emotional state subsequent to the crime [as Nemo proposed], she can definitely be generalised as retaining intelligence, especially in compassion to the other members of her gender at the time.
**I just realised that the statement specified clever ‘women’ and in that case the answer is defiantly YES!!**
When looking at what a traditional villain is like Macbeth appears to have all the traits, ruthlessness, paranoia and ‘mental instability’. However if you were to look below the surface of the play you can see Lady Macbeth who is deceiving and manipulative. Lady Macbeth pushes him into believing he wants to be king and completes the start of his ‘descent into darkness’ by building on the idea. At the beginning Macbeth was too weak-willed to resist the temptation and the influence and this gave Lady Macbeth the opportunity to attack him and goad him into committing the crime. By the time he actually started to think for himself he was already lost in his own mind and the damage was done. If Macbeth had been left alone he would have surrendered to his guilt and fear and done nothing. Lady Macbeth did not give him the opportunity to do this. This shows that even though Macbeth is seen as the true villain in the traditional sense it is Lady Macbeth who is undeniably the real villain.
Don't know if this makes sense. It does in my head.
Sorry I wrote this last night...but my internet wasn't working, so I had to post it this morning
Yes, I definitely believe Lady Macbeth is a clever woman. However, I am doing the “Macbeth acts as a true villain” because everyone seems to be doing Lady Macbeth, so I just wanted to do something different.
Although I can agree with all the statements, to a certain degree, I would have to say that “Macbeth acts as a true villain.” Yes Lady Macbeth is a very clever woman and yes she is partly responsible for the demise of Macbeth, however it was Macbeth himself who allowed Lady Macbeth’s cunningness get the better of him and although he was heavily influenced by the three witches and Lady Macbeth, in the end it was his sole decision whether to go through with the deed or not. Macbeth did not trust his instincts nor did he listen to his conscience, which in turn prompted him to succumb to Lady Macbeth’s goading and drive himself to the destructive path of villainy. Lady Macbeth is a villain, but if he listens and does what this ‘villain’ commands him, isn’t he just as bad as her himself? Macbeth not only does what Lady Macbeth ‘commands’ him, but takes it to a whole new level. After all, when he becomes King, he willingly seeks the three witches for further help in securing his power by killing Banquo and also attempting to kill Fleance, Lady Macduff, her children and eventually Seyward. After Lady Macbeth establishes a foundation of power for Macbeth, he further develops it by plotting a series of murders to secure it. Throughout the play, Macbeth’s viciousness of conduct and action is perhaps confused with Lady Macbeth who originally ‘plants the seed’ in his mind. After being bestowed king, I think that it is often forgotten that Macbeth is actually the one who ‘took the reigns’ and really let the seed grow into a plant. He built further onto Lady Macbeth’s ambition and took it a whole step further. He seems to be hiding behind Lady Macbeth’s wrongdoings, as he was not really forced to commit the crime, he chose to.
If people are free to choose evil, then aren’t they also free to choose good? Macbeth had the chance to do the ‘good’ thing and not kill Duncan, however he was too engulfed in the idea of power and held such a strong will to use it, that his evil thoughts led him to evil deeds (thanks G&T Study day!).
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ReplyDeleteThroughout the play, Macbeth was easily manipulated by his wife, Lady Macbeth. In the relationship, Lady Macbeth is noticeably the dominant one. Her actions and words cause the viewer to feel the aura of her manipulative skills on Macbeth. She pin points any man’s weakness; manhood and courage and uses that against Macbeth. Although Macbeth is a subordinate to his wife’s desires, he himself is an ambitious person, which is one of the reasons why he was easily persuaded by his wife. In the beginning of the play after Lady Macbeth reads the letter sent by her husband, she immediately plots against the king. This is one of the examples as to how much she desires to be the queen of Scotland. With Macbeth having big ambitions, and his wife having an even greater ambition but with very strong manipulative skills, it gives the impression that she is no doubt the dominant character that drives Macbeth to act the way he does.
MACBETH ACTS AS THE TRUE VILLAIN
ReplyDeleteMacbeth is the visible and easy to identify villain as he is the character who commits villainous murders. Contrary to popular belief of Macbeth playing the true villain, what is easy to identify after investigating the role of the true villain, that the less obvious character, Lady Macbeth emerges as the real villain. Although Macbeth is the character who physically commits the murders, without Lady Macbeth it is highly probable that he would have succumbed to fear and guilt, and therefore would not have been able to commit the crimes. The presence of Lady Macbeth indicates the driving force behind Macbeths loss of humanity as it shows, the constant manipulation that she demonstrates in a very effective manor, through the lack of faith in his manhood and belief that he does not possess the courage to carry out the murder. This evidence allows one to conclude that the true villain in William Shakespeare’s, Macbeth is Lady Macbeth.
Lady Macbeth is a clever woman
ReplyDeleteI agree that Lady Macbeth is a very clever woman. Not only did she have the dominance over her husband which was quite uncommon during their time, she also manipulated and talked him through into committing a terrible crime which was to murder the King of Scotland, though what also pushed Macbeth a little bit further into doing that was his own ambition and desire of becoming king. Lady Macbeth was also the one that planned the murder, she did it so well and thoroughly that no one even suspected her. She had also said that if she was not a woman and if Duncan did not remind her of her father, she would have murdered him herself. However in the end, she took her own life as she became insane and could not cope with the guilt.
No one can deny that Lady Macbeth is not a clever woman. She was easily capable of plotting and planning numerous crimes in short spaces of time. Her ambitious nature leads her to use all her energy to acquire the power she desires while using another person to do the dirty work for her. This is clearly seen just after Lady Macbeth received her husband's letter saying that Macbeth had become the new Thane of Cawdor and that the King was coming to their house. As soon as finished reading the letter, she started planning the murder of the King and how to easily distract the guards. Lady Macbeth's presence alone influences Macbeth greatly which just shows how domineering and cunning she truly is in Shakespeare's play, Macbeth.
ReplyDelete((Lady Macbeth is responsible for the demise of Macbeth))
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, Lady Macbeth did have a major part in Macbeth’s demise however cannot be blamed entirely for his acts or consequences. As we know, the three witches were the first to put the thought in Macbeth’s mind- Lady Macbeth then manipulated that thought and pushed Macbeth into his decision. Lady Macbeth took the advantage of what the witches told Macbeth, she used his weaknesses against him in order to take control of him. As well as the witches and Lady Macbeth, Macbeth himself is ultimately responsible for himself and his actions. He didn’t have to submit to Lady Macbeth’s taunts, if he had been stronger he would have been able to resist those thoughts and ultimately not kill the king etc. Lady Macbeth was a queen of manipulation and Macbeth a puppet to her whims and so both were responsible for what happened. His demise was brought on by himself and plagued by Lady Macbeth, It was his choice to commit those acts and it was he who was responsible for his demise.
a) Lady Macbeth is a clever woman
ReplyDeleteThroughout the play we see Lady Macbeth’s character fulfil the role in manipulating her husband, Macbeth to commit murder and kill King Duncan. I believe that this truly means that she is a clever woman. To elaborate, she is cleaver in her own sort of way. The way she so cleverly hides her true personality which is, Unfeeling, strong – minded, ambitious and power hungry. However, she soon becomes very remorseful, this is when she sleepwalks. Her actual characteristics start to show. This then makes the statement; Lady Macbeth is a clever woman half true. Yes we see at the start of the play Lady Macbeth as a strong, clever woman but as her character develops she starts to fall apart. The guilt and sorrow that she has been feeling finally gets the better of her till the point where she commits suicide. Lady Macbeth is clever. However she starts to lose this personal trait as the play goes on.
Although Lady Macbeth may be blamed for being the spark that triggered Macbeth’s quest for power (which obviously lead up to his demise), there are many contributing factors in Macbeth’s claim to power and inevitably his downfall, the decision was ultimately his, hence he was the only one who was responsible for his own downfall. By giving into his sinister temptations and especially the words of his wife Lady Macbeth, Macbeth himself chose a path of destruction. He was the one who chose to listen to his wife and carry out Duncan’s murder; he also chose to listen to the witches, whose prophecy ‘planted the seed’ and idea of becoming king in Macbeth’s mind and ultimately set him into action. His blinding sense of over confidence, lust for power and ambition are all significant attributes which led to his self-destruction and demise, these attributes are what ‘sealed’ his gloomy fate. Ultimately Macbeth has no one else to blame for his downfall, but himself!!!
ReplyDeleteHopefully that made as much sense to you as it did to me...! :D Keep the love and peace!!! <3
b)Macbeth acts as a true villain
ReplyDeleteMacbeth does act as a true villain but it is only becuase Lady Macbeth is his 'conscience' she truley is the real villain in the partnership, but Macbeth does not see that she is setting him up. Macbeth looks like the true villain but in reality the true villain is Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth is obviously easily persuded and the true villain is easily more powerful.
Lady Macbeth is a clever woman –
ReplyDeleteLady Macbeth is clever in Shakespeare’s Macbeth because she was smart enough to manipulate her own husband and she was able to be more dominant than him. Since men back then were usually more powerful than their wives, it is surprising to see that the wife took charge. Lady Macbeth was clever in her role because she was able to control Macbeth’s decisions and actions and she was able to force him to kill King Duncan in order to get the position of King for her husband. She was also clever in the play because while Macbeth eventually got caught out for killing Duncan, nobody knew that Lady Macbeth was the brains behind the attack.
LADY MACBETH IS A CLEVER WOMAN:
ReplyDeleteOne of the most obvious reasons that she is clever is that she can read. In Shakespearian times,Many women did not have an education and if they did they were wealthy or in the Royal family. if this was the case in early 17th century then it is even more surprising that in Shakespeare's Macbeth which is set in the 11th century; that Lady Macbeth can read. This signifies she has had an education and she is very clever. Secondly Lady Macbeth was able to manipulate her husband Macbeth to kill the king. She was clever enough to dominate over him by poking fun at his manhood. And Lastly lady Macbeth was always thought of as innocent. She was a clever enough actor that no one suspected her of wrongdoing. When it was her who planted the seed of evil in Macbeths mind.
Lady Macbeth is a clever woman.
ReplyDeleteLady Macbeth is obviously a clever woman. One point that proves this statement is that she came up with a plan so good that if it ever got discovered she wouldn’t get the blame for it. She did this by making Macbeth as do all the dirty work for her. Another example of Lady Macbeth being a clever woman is that she was able to convince Macbeth to go through with the plan when he was having doubts about it. While Lady Macbeth did these things she put an innocent act on to the rest of the community to hide her real self. Later on Lady Macbeth couldn’t handle all the guilt of what she had done so she committed suicide.
"Lady Macbeth is a clever woman"
ReplyDeleteThroughout the play it can be seen that Lady Macbeth could be considered as a clever woman in her era. She not only twists her husband around her finger to get what not only what he wants, but to satisfy her need of power. An example of this is when she establishes a great plan to get Duncan killed to allow Macbeth to be king, without any visible flaws. The part about being king obviously is a major hook for Macbeth, which gets him reeled in on the scheme, but not only is Macbeth part of the plan, Lady Macbeth also persuades him to do “the dirty work” as Aimee said. Being educated also gives the sense that Lady Macbeth is “clever”. But in saying all this, could Lady Macbeth be considered as intelligent. She didn’t think about the after effects of her scheme and how she had sent her own self to death. When you say it like that, I don’t believe that she is “clever”. If she had truly thought about her plan and had not listened to her over powering desire of power, maybe she would have ended up in a different spot other than dead.
Although Macbeth has been known to crack under pressure, his main pressures came from the intelligence of Lady Macbeth. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth uses her intelligence to manipulate and transform Macbeth into a whole new person. Lady Macbeth thinks her plans through with great mastery before proceeding with them. This allows her to commit acts without recieving the consequences. This intelligence was used to hide the unlawful murder of Macbeth. As the audience, we see who the real villan is but those of Shakespeare's time would have never accepted that such innocet majesty would commit such cruel acts. Therefore Macbeth is not a real villain but Lady Macbeth is a clever woman.
ReplyDeleteJust thought i would let you know- mine is typed in my laptop, because this wasn't loading last night!
ReplyDeleteCompletely contradictory to the ideals of the intended audience and even more so, the era in which the play was set [as Jessie said], Lady Macbeth is in many ways a pathetic fallacy as her intelligence and dominance is utterly incongruous and significantly conflicts with the standing norms and ideologies of her surrounding civilisation. As a woman in such an age with such ambition and ability, Lady Macbeth is truly eccentric. This proposition is reinforced through her successful endeavours to gain power and resources through an indirect source. Lady Macbeth’s high intelligence level is further distinguished by her ability to manipulate individuals and even the course of a situation in just a few, powerful, influential words. Additionally, she can READ!! [This would have been incredibly odd for her time]!! Although several questions can be posed concerning her inability to self-sufficiently cope with guilt and the inconsideration of her emotional state subsequent to the crime [as Nemo proposed], she can definitely be generalised as retaining intelligence, especially in compassion to the other members of her gender at the time.
ReplyDelete**I just realised that the statement specified clever ‘women’ and in that case the answer is defiantly YES!!**
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Macbeth acts as a true villain.
ReplyDeleteWhen looking at what a traditional villain is like Macbeth appears to have all the traits, ruthlessness, paranoia and ‘mental instability’. However if you were to look below the surface of the play you can see Lady Macbeth who is deceiving and manipulative. Lady Macbeth pushes him into believing he wants to be king and completes the start of his ‘descent into darkness’ by building on the idea. At the beginning Macbeth was too weak-willed to resist the temptation and the influence and this gave Lady Macbeth the opportunity to attack him and goad him into committing the crime. By the time he actually started to think for himself he was already lost in his own mind and the damage was done. If Macbeth had been left alone he would have surrendered to his guilt and fear and done nothing. Lady Macbeth did not give him the opportunity to do this. This shows that even though Macbeth is seen as the true villain in the traditional sense it is Lady Macbeth who is undeniably the real villain.
Don't know if this makes sense. It does in my head.
Sorry I wrote this last night...but my internet wasn't working, so I had to post it this morning
ReplyDeleteYes, I definitely believe Lady Macbeth is a clever woman. However, I am doing the “Macbeth acts as a true villain” because everyone seems to be doing Lady Macbeth, so I just wanted to do something different.
Although I can agree with all the statements, to a certain degree, I would have to say that “Macbeth acts as a true villain.” Yes Lady Macbeth is a very clever woman and yes she is partly responsible for the demise of Macbeth, however it was Macbeth himself who allowed Lady Macbeth’s cunningness get the better of him and although he was heavily influenced by the three witches and Lady Macbeth, in the end it was his sole decision whether to go through with the deed or not. Macbeth did not trust his instincts nor did he listen to his conscience, which in turn prompted him to succumb to Lady Macbeth’s goading and drive himself to the destructive path of villainy. Lady Macbeth is a villain, but if he listens and does what this ‘villain’ commands him, isn’t he just as bad as her himself? Macbeth not only does what Lady Macbeth ‘commands’ him, but takes it to a whole new level. After all, when he becomes King, he willingly seeks the three witches for further help in securing his power by killing Banquo and also attempting to kill Fleance, Lady Macduff, her children and eventually Seyward. After Lady Macbeth establishes a foundation of power for Macbeth, he further develops it by plotting a series of murders to secure it. Throughout the play, Macbeth’s viciousness of conduct and action is perhaps confused with Lady Macbeth who originally ‘plants the seed’ in his mind. After being bestowed king, I think that it is often forgotten that Macbeth is actually the one who ‘took the reigns’ and really let the seed grow into a plant. He built further onto Lady Macbeth’s ambition and took it a whole step further. He seems to be hiding behind Lady Macbeth’s wrongdoings, as he was not really forced to commit the crime, he chose to.
If people are free to choose evil, then aren’t they also free to choose good? Macbeth had the chance to do the ‘good’ thing and not kill Duncan, however he was too engulfed in the idea of power and held such a strong will to use it, that his evil thoughts led him to evil deeds (thanks G&T Study day!).
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