Macbeth

Macbeth Lady Macbeth Responsible For Duncan's Death John Keating English Honors Lady Macbeth Must Take Some Blame for Her Husband’s Destruction In Macbeth, a play written by Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth is partially responsible for the destruction of her husband. Lady Macbeth is not a monster without feelings, however she is tricky and cunning when she influences Macbeth to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth’s ability to influence her husband leads the audience to believe that she is the primary cause for the destruction of Macbeth. The audience is also led to believe that Lady Macbeth is responsible because she makes up the details of the plan to kill Duncan, while Macbeth was considering not even going through with the murder. Although Macbeth had the thought of killing Duncan, he would not have acted on that thought unless Lady Macbeth persuaded him. Lady Macbeth is sly person, able to manipulate her husband, and this ability to manipulate Macbeth makes her partially responsible for the destruction of Macbeth. Lady Macbeth knows that her husband is too kind to kill Duncan without her help she fears “thy nature; / It is too full o’th’ milk of human kindness / to catch the nearest way” (I.v.16-18). macbeth, lady, duncan, kill, husband, responsible, destruction, murder, macbeth’s, knows, blame, because, says, killing, audience, against, way, thought, take, push, partially, must, much, manipulate, makes, king, however, good, end, duncan’s, done, although, about, without, while