Who Was Responsible For Macbeth's Death Essay

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If anyone is responsible for the death of Macbeth, it is Lady Macbeth. She pressured him into killing all of the people he murdered throughout the story. Macbeth never felt comfortable with the murders he committed and his guilt showed, which lead people to suspect him of all of the killings. Additionally, Macbeth is defeated after Lady Macbeth’s death, indication he did all of his awful deeds for his wife. So although Macbeth was killed by rebels, Lady Macbeth has ultimate responsibility for his death. Lady Macbeth is responsible for killing her husband because she pressured him into the killing of others, which ended up getting him killed. As soon as Lady Macbeth found out she was becoming wife to the Thane of Cawdor, all she wanted was more power. Lady Macbeth applied pressure on Macbeth In Act 1 Scene 7 Lines 38-41 by saying, “. . .From this time/Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard/To be the same in thine own act and valour/As thou art in desire?. . .” Clearly Lady Macbeth really was putting the pressure on her husband to do what she thought was the best for the both of them. Before this quote, Macbeth tries to stop Lady Macbeth from talking about this plan anymore, but she is adamant and convinces her husband that killing the king is the …show more content…

He was killed by Malcolm and Macduff during the small war because he was very ambitious, a little too much so. That is the moral of the story, to not be overly ambitious in life, or it will come back and haunt you. Macbeth and his wife were very ambitious when it came to having power over the country and becoming King and Queen. Lady Macbeth pushed Macbeth to plot the against the King and other innocent people to gain power. Macbeth complied, and realized in the end he did it to satisfy his wife. So although Macbeth came to a tragic end, he shares the blame with Lady Macbeth, who led him into an endless tunnel of

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