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I believe when Lady Macbeth begins to speak so confidently about that way in which MacBeth should kill Duncan is very gruesome and unsettling. She says that if MacBeth were to twist his knife as he stabs Duncan in the heart he will die instantly. Imagining Lady Macbeth saying this without batting an eye is very disturbing.

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Macbeth had wanted to be King and now had the opportunity do do it if he managed to kill King Duncan without anybody knowing.  He gets very nervous about it and ends up not wanting to kill him.  Lady Macbeth kept pushing him to do it.

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"How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my 🤬 from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this."

Lady Macbeth starts to describe that, if she promised to, she would go to the extent to kill her own baby to keep her word. This was a rather shocking imagery used in the dialogue because it gives the audience an idea of what Lady Macbeth would do to reach her goal and ambition, and it shows the audience that Lady Macbeth is actually more ambitious than her husband and more willing to sacrifice everything to get to where she wants to be. This also shows who is more "dominant" in their relationship and the immeasurable power Lady Macbeth has over husband to be able to counter every argument Macbeth had and convince him to do something he decided not to do.

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"Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice"

This use of imagery could possibly prove that Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are both very religious people. Considering the time this play was created, most people had some sort of religious commitment and considering the fact that Macbeth used a biblical statement or reference twice in the same block of text, it could prove that they both are quite religious and that killing King Duncan would be betraying their religion and beleifs.

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Macbeth's attitude in the overall scene is very weak and dependent on the situation around him. At the start, he was shown standing by his decision not to kill Duncan;  However, the second Lady Macbeth starts to throw some insults and contradictions at him, his resolve weakens and he depends on her to get him through the assassination and avoid the consequences.
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"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly: if the assassination could trammel up the consequences, and catch with his surcease success"
- In Macbeth's soliloquy, he starts to weigh out the reasons as to why he should and should not kill Duncan. He realizes that the only drive he has to kill him is his own ambition and decides not to go forward with the plan. Macbeth is afraid of the consequences of the assassination and wants to get it over with and, before Lady Macbeth enters the scene, Macbeth's ambition does not seems strong enough to drive him to commit murder without any other reason to do so.
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"If we should fail?"
-As the scene progresses, Macbeth's determination to do the right thing starts to fall and weaken every time Lady Macbeth speaks. It is fairly obvious Macbeth dislikes being contradicted and that Lady Macbeth knows her husband well enough to know how to break his resolve, and because of that, Lady Macbeth was able to use his weaknesses against him in their argument to gain power and get what she wants. After all the insults and contradictions, Macbeth asks his wife what they should do if they fail, which is the point where its clear to the audience Lady Macbeth was victorious in the argument and that Macbeth was now dependent on her to get the job done. This is where Macbeth's used to be strong argument against the plan is completely broken down and a new idea of how to execute the plan is planted their by Lady Macbeth.

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Bring forth men-children only,

For thy undaunted mettle should compose

Nothing but males. Will it not be received,

75When we have marked with blood those sleepy two

Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,

That they have done ’t?

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And live a coward in thine own esteem,

Like the poor cat i' th' adage?

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Lady macbeth is most responsible for Duncan's death as she encourages him to kill Duncan by continouse taunting
Was the hope drunk

Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?

And wakes it now, to look so green and pale

At what it did so freely? From this time

Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard

40To be the same in thine own act and valor

As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that

Which thou esteem’st the ornament of life,

And live a coward in thine own esteem,

Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would, ”

45Like the poor cat i' th' adage?

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In this scene Macbeth seems to refuse the idea of Killing Duncan but further on in the scene

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Ambition affected them the most as Lady Macbeth's ambition to be queen was continous and therefore, Macbeth was taken advantage of so that Lady Macbeth could get what she wanted

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Macbeth is ashamed in his wife for most of scene 7 for thinking of such thing, but when he got onbaord for being king, he was doubtful that they wouldn't fail, despite the witches saying that he would be king

If we should fail? |

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"Of his own chamber and used their very own dagger, that they have done't"

This part shows how lady Macbeth, and Macbeth are so invested into the setting up of the two waiters. At this point we see how lady Macbeth was able to convince him into all of this chaos"....

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In an early part of the scene, macbeth states that

"I have no spur

To 🤬 the sides of my intent, but only

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself

And falls on th' other."

Which shows that he didn't want to commit the murder, and therefore thinks that the plan is not good enough, and thinks that he will get caught. as he states at the very beginning that hew would do the murder if it could be quick and he could escape the consequences.

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Macbeth is at fist is not for this plane and he says "We will proceed no further with this business". Then as lady Macbeth talks to him and says shocking text such as "Have pluck'd my 🤬 from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.".

Then Macbeth is convinced as she also mentions plan to setup the two waiters. "Of his own chamber and used their very own dagger, that they have done't"

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"How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my 🤬 from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this."

-This was the moment before Macbeth finally gave into her contradictions and started questioning her plan. Him being the Husband, I think this was able to affect Macbeth since the imagery was over exaggerated that it had an effect on him and made him question his ability to keep his word which led him to believe he had to go through with it even though he decided not to.
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"When you durst do it, then you were a man;"

-This quotation questions Macbeth's Manhood directly, which if done by a woman at the time, might hurt the man's pride. This was a breakthrough in Lady Macbeth's try to persuade her husband to kill duncan because she was able to find a weak point in his "facade". This was the first push Lady Macbeth was able to achieve through contradicting something precious so precious to Macbeth, especially because he is a war hero and is considered very "manly"

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"When you dust do it, then you were a man;"

"To be more then what you were, you would Be so much more that a man"

Here lady Macbeth tell him that he is not a man, which effects him as he feels weak by his wife, a woman.

Then she says how he would he a real man, and a better man. This motivates but at the same time annoys Macbeth.

These do effect him, he dose at the end accept to do the plan, and commit the murder, and show his wife he is a man.

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"If we should fail?"
"We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place."

When Macbeth asks "If we should fail?" he begins to doubt Lady Macbeths ambition to kill Duncan.
When Lady Macbeth responds "We fail!" she doesn't care if Macbeth gets caught, just as long as she gets what she wants, and when she said "But screw your courage to the sticking-place." she exceeds her expectation that Macbeth will accomplish, giving Macbeth a harder time.

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When Macbeth says " And pity like a new born babe" I found this as shocking imagery used, when you refer to a new born baby. We symbolize a new born baby as innocent and pure. When Macbeth refers to King Duncan being so kind hearted and when Macbeth will kill King Duncan everyone will have so much pity for King Duncan death,

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"False face must hide what the false heart doth know."

During this scene in the play Macbeth states that he must fool everyone with a fake impression on the outside in order for no one to suspect his true pain and emotions within. If he manages to pull this off no one would ever have their doubts on Macbeth's role in Duncans murder. The imagery here is very uneasy and deceitful as Macbeth schemes to manipulate everyone into believing his innocence. He has therefore planned to apply the influence the witches and his wife had on him against the crowd. His wife uses this to give a fake and pleasurable welcome towards Duncan and his guards

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Lady Macbeth. As Macbeth was talking to himself, he list some pros and cons. He dose get around to listing more cons to King Duncan's murder.

Pros: "but only Vaulting ambition"

Con: "Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye"

Con: "At what it did so freely? From this time"

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Ambition, and Paranoia.

Lady Macbeth has a lot of Ambition, but Macbeth starts with  Paranoia.

They both eventually end with a lot of Ambition.

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Lady Macbeth is most to blame for the death of Duncan because she is encouraging Macbeth to kill him, so they can be the most powerful people, as said in Act 1, Scene 7
when she says "We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place." which means she just wants to kill Duncan and she doesn't care if Macbeth gets caught

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At the beginning of the scene Macbeth went through the positives and negatives of killing king Duncan, the result of this concluded that there were no good outcomes for carrying out the murder other than Macbeth's own ambition, his mind set determined that he shouldn't kill Duncan. However once he announced his decision to Lady Macbeth she outrageously manipulated him teases him about not being manly enough to go through with the murder and claiming how she, would kill her own child comparing how even though she was a woman she was more masculine than Macbeth. This challenged Macbeth seeing as is pride was his bravery he pleaded his wife to stop only for her to continue her claims. It was her teasing that exploited Macbeth, first hesitantly asking "and if we fail" Lady Macbeth then reassures him stating that only if he is masculine enough and courage they would not fail. With this, Macbeth's final conclusion is to go through with the murder not wanted to embarrass his reputation.

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They are both responsible in a way:

- Macbeth is responsible because of his weak resolve. Even though he was determined not to kill king Duncan after weighing the reasons ("but only Vaulting ambition"), he was still very weak in his defense against Lady Macbeth's insults and contradictions which caused him to give in and kill him ("If we should fail?), even though there was no way for lady Macbeth to force him to do if she wasn't going to do it herself (Which is highly unlikely because she couldn't get throne without her husband).
-Lady Macbeth is responsible because she manipulated her husband into doing something he didn't want to do in the first place and she used the weaknesses he trusted her to know of to get what she wanted. Her greed and Ambition took over her senses and made her do the vilest things to get what she wanted. She questioned his manhood ("When you durst do it, then you were a man;"), and used foul imagery to make him question his own ability to keep his word ("How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me:
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my 🤬 from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.") which was enough for her to counter even the strongest resolve he had against her because she knew him well enough to know what hurts his pride.

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“Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against
The deep damnation of his taking-off;
And pity, like a naked new-born babe,
Striding the blast, or heaven’s cherubim, horsed
Upon the sightless couriers of the air,
Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye.”

This part of the scene is portraying how the murder of Duncan, due to him being a man of virtue, causes angels to blow their trumpets on the unjustness of his murder and that they will spread the news of this horrid deed to everyone. However, through the use of visual imagery such as the references to heavenly beings and the setting of heaven, it symbolises in what way Macbeth regards King Duncan. Therefore meaning that the recurring motif of heaven suggests that Macbeth views King Duncan with the utmost respect, in the same way, that heaven and every heavenly being associated with it is revered by all; which in turn means that Macbeth is even more hesitant of murdering the one person who he admires. However, the shocking part about this quote is how Macbeth proceeds to contradict his principles such as his respect for Duncan and his reluctance in murdering the King. As later on in the scene, through heading into Lady Macbeth's words, Macbeth abandons his principles and decides to murder the man who he once held to the highest regard.

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"I'd Pluck my 🤬 from his boneless gums and bash the brains out" This shows how ruthless Lady macbeth is and how she wouldnt break a promise or an agreement, This quote meaning that on macbeths command even disregarding the mothers instinct she would stop feeding the child and bash its brains out this provoking macbeth for breaking his promise.

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Macbeth seemed very hesitant saying "what if we fail" then he starts getting warmed up to the idea with Lady macbeth encouraging him with him ending up saying "I am settled and bend up"

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The themes that were used Ambition, Greed and Paranoia

Lady Macbeth starts off with a lot of ambition and greed due to the fact that she will be Queen if they kill Duncan.
Macbeth starts to have a paranoia that he will get caught and get himself killed. But at the end of the scene both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth end of being ambitious to being King and Queen.

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"what made you break this enterprise to me?" this affects macbeth as he lost his partners trust by breaking the promise/proposition "screw your courage" this affects him as she is belittling him with this sentence.

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I feel as if it is lady macbeth due to the fact that she was riling up macbeth and trying to convince him bringing up his manliness and courage and putting it into question saying "screw your courage" she also devised most of the plan with bringing him into his quarters, not only all of this she brought up the trust of their relationship into question saying "what made you break this enterprise to me?"

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Ambition was the most powerful as Lady macbeth raised macbeths ambition leading him to greed while being the king and ruining it all killing his closest friends and showing no remorse .

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-Paranoia: In Macbeth's soliloquy, he was afraid of the consequences that would result because of him killing the king. He was afraid of people murdering him or countering him if he did go through with it which resulted in his paranoia winning over his ambition in this internal fight. this resulted in his decision of not killing the king (which was quickly countered by Lady Macbeth)
-Ambition: Macbeth's Ambition was won over by his Paranoia but Lady Macbeth's Ambition has been as strong as ever in this scene. It is clear she is very Ambitious and willing to do anything to get to the throne, which is why all her insults and contradictions lead to Macbeth finally giving in and listening to her plan on how to kill Duncan. It is clear she has thought of this plan from the start, since so hesitation was sensed in the way she was speaking.

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"When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two"

Here, Macbeth creates an unsettling image of covering servants in blood. This imagery is particularly shocking to me because, not only do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plan to murder a king in his sleep, but they will take the spilling blood from his lifeless body and cover the servants in it.

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"But screw your courage to the sticking place"
In this scene Macbeth is arguing with himself whether or not he should kill king Duncan and he came to a conclusion that he wont but right there is when Lady Macbeth enters and tries to persuade Macbeth into killing king Duncan, she uses different techniques to persuade him such as telling him he is inconsistent and he needs to keep his word, she uses her love against him and she questions his manhood but here she is convincing hi of how fast the murder would be and how good and powerful they would feel after they kill Duncan, she is reassuring him that he is making the right decision by killing him and she is guiding him through this adventure.

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In the beginning of the scene, Macbeth sticks to his morals and beliefs and therefore is not willing to follow the plan. This is evident from the lines 'I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none." Here, Macbeth explains how he will do anything to make him more of a man, but anyone who will follow this plan will be nothing of the sort as it is not a moral thing to do. However, after Lady Macbeth manipulates him, he soon sways and agrees with her. In the line 'If we should fail?' Macbeth begins to consider the plan after Lady Macbeth has attacked his ego and masculinity, and finally, at the end of the scene, Macbeth agrees by saying "I am settled, and bend up each corporal agent to this terrible feat."

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In Act 1 scene 7 Macbeth's attitude is weak and he is very scared and dependent on Lady Macbeth he was also very indecisive.
"If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination could trammel up the consequence, and catch

With his surcease success; that but this blow might be the be-all and the end-all here, but here, upon this bank and shoal of time, we’d jump the life to come. But in these cases we still have judgment here, that we but teach bloody instructions"

The beginning of the scene is a soliloquy of Macbeth, he is saying that they weren't any good reasons to kill Duncan and that he shouldn't do it, he says that if there weren't any consequences he would kill him however he thinks when he kills Duncan he will become a murderer which is foreshadowing because after he kills him ambition  becomes more powerful.
At the end of the scene Macbeth proceeds to say "If we should fail?" this shows that Lady Macbeth has persuaded him into killing Duncan but Macbeth is still unsure about how he will do it, he is very hesitant about committing this murder but he did listen to his wife and he got fooled by her tricks and techniques of persuasion.

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"When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be much more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man"

In this line, Lady Macbeth attacks Macbeth's ego, which he is clearly concerned about from the line "I dare do all that may become a man." By taunting and attacking something so important to him, Lady Macbeth helps persuade him into committing murder.

"I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my 🤬 from his boneless gums,
And dash'd the brains out, had I sworn as you
Have done to this."

This line is particularly significant in Macbeth's persuasion as it works in two major ways. The first is by providing an unsettling image to make Macbeth uncomfortable and express how cold and cruel she can be, sparking fear in her husband. This cruelty can also possibly make Macbeth fear for his own safety as a result. In addition to this, these lines use guilt to manipulate Macbeth. Lady Macbeth says she would commit this horrid act of brutally killing a helpless baby for Macbeth had she given him her word. This makes Macbeth feel as though his wife is entitled to him following the plan—as if she deserves nothing less. This is almost a mockery of Macbeth as the play continuously portrays him as a brave, noble man up to this point, and Lady Macbeth insinuating that she would aid him in a manner he will not return almost strips this title away from him. Therefore, this line shows how Lady Macbeth mocks her husband to ultimately manipulate him into committing the murder.

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During the scene Macbeths attitude was very hesitant and indecisive. He feels the need for someone to reassure him (Lady Macbeth). lady macbeth persuades Macbeth by using his weaknesses against him.
At the beginning  he was saying "if we should fail?" showing his hesitance and suggesting the consequences that might happen if they do fail.
Towards the end, Macbeth says "I am settled, and bend up each corporal agent to this terrible feat" here he is at last agreeing to the plan and is ready to complete it with still an open mind of how terrible it is.

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Throughout act 1, Lady Macbeth is stubborn in her beliefs and wants to kill the King. In fact, once she received the letter, her first instinct and thought was to murder Duncan. From this alone, it is clear she had the intention to kill the king. Later, she puts the idea in Macbeth's head, and before this moment, he did not have such an idea in his mind. Had Lady Macbeth not told him, we could assume Duncan would still be alive. Furthermore, throughout scene 7, Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband using personal attacks whilst consistently expressing her cruelty, an example of this being the anecdotal descriptions of her killing a baby. Therefore, because Lady Macbeth inspired Macbeth to kill the King for her own benefit, she is most responsible for Duncan's death.

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The two most powerful themes that affects Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's behavior is ambition and greed. This is because ambition and greed are the main reasons that compel the characters to kill Duncan. Ambition is prevalent as they yearn to become king and queen of Scotland, while greed is expressed as Macbeth becomes thane of Cawdor, yet agrees to kill the King to gain more power.

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"And live a coward in thine own esteem,

Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would, ”

Like the poor cat i' th' adage?"

This use of imagery in this quotation surprised me, due to the ways Lady Macbeth uses to manipulate her husband and people around her. This is because I found shocking how Lady Macbeth uses a simile to compares Macbeth to a cat, calling him a coward and questioning his own husband's manlyhood. This seemed very ruthless and unfair towards him, as his character is based around the idea of him being courageous and a hero, meaning such things said by her wife would be very effective in catching his attention and manipulating him to commit murder. This is a very important part of the scene, as it shows the relationship between Macbeth and his Wife, an dhow much more authoritative she is than here husband, as she exerts a lot of power over him.

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"When you drust do it, then you were a man"
In this part of the scene Lady Macbeth is challenging Macbeth's  manhood by telling him that only after he kills Duncan, he will be a man, Macbeth is the tough guy that no one can defeat and Lady Macbeth put in his mind that if he doesn't kill Duncan he will be a coward and a disgrace.

"And live a coward in thine own esteem, letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would, ” Like the poor cat i' th' adage?"
In this part of the scene lady Macbeth is persuading Macbeth into thinking he HAS to kill Duncan she is questioning his manhood she is asking Macbeth if he  will grow up to become a man and take the crown they both desire or will he live as a coward, She tells Macbeth he is like the poor cat in the old story. (a cat would to eat fish but not get  its feet wet)
always saying “I can’t” after you say “I want to”?

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While at the beginning of the scene Macbeth questions why he would kill King Duncan, as he was a good person and promoted him to Thane of Cawdor, as the scene unfolds Macbeth is convinced to commit his murder by his wife, Lady Macbeth, by taunting him and using imagery to emphasize her points and overwhelm her husband with greed and ambition. This is initially shown in Macbeth's soliloquy, as, while weighing up the pros and cons of murdering the King, Macbeth says " Besides, this Duncan

Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been

So clear in his great office, that his virtues

Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against

The deep damnation of his taking-off;

And pity, like a naked newborn babe,

Striding the blast, or heaven’s cherubim, horsed

Upon the sightless couriers of the air," Acknowledging thta king Duncan was a good and pure leader, who never did anything wrong to him and who was family to him, and how, if Macnbeth went on to kill him, he would be damned by God for ever, as such a murder would be an injustice, and thatb the only valuid point to the murder would be his ambition. However, once Lady Macbeth gets to know her husband's intention to not kill Duncan, she becomes furious, saying thatb if Macbeth goes over his word, he is a coward and that he does not truly love her, as she says, "Was the hope drunk

Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?". This words appeal to Macbeth, as he's known for his reputation of being a brave man. This shows how Macbeth is manipulated by his wife to commit murder.

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"First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, strong both against the deed; then, as his host, who should against his murderer shut the door,

Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been"

Here it is seen that Macbeth at the beginning of the act, he doesn't want to kill Duncan and he is naming the reasons why to stay true to Duncan

Lady Macbeth is the most responsible for killing Duncan because at the beginning of this scene Macbeth wasn't convinced and didn't want to kill Duncan but once he was leaning towards the option of not killing him, Lady Macbeth walks in the room and manipulates Macbeth into thinking that killing Duncan is the best option and she threatens his love for her and his manhood, as well as she uses his power to fulfill her ambition of becoming a queen.

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The most shocking imagery was "Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know how tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me"

I find this the most shocking imagery because of the way Lady Macbeth decides to explain her feel of betrayal and his tenderness to the situation when she explains that she wouldn't mind being stripped away from her maternal features if she was promoted with such opportunity

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"We fail!  but screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail"

In this particular quote lady Macbeth is telling Macbeth to toughen up because if he does not they will get caught. This adds on to his fear of committing a crime however also motivates him to get it done before anyone can find out about their plot. She uses his weakness to strengthen his power

"Have pluck'd my 🤬 from his boneless gums, and dash'd the brains out, had i so sworn as you have done this  "

Here, lady Macbeth is referring to herself and her feminist features wouldn't interfere if she was promoted with such opportunity and that his greatest weakness and tenderness should not hold him back from doing what he's destined to do

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The main theme used in Act 1 scene 7 is ambition that affects both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, ambition the main reason why these two characters want to kill Duncan in the first place, they want to be king and queen, they are hungry for power. The ambition that Lady Macbeth has inside of her made her force and manipulate Macbeth to kill the king.

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Lady Macbeth first taunts her husband by comparing him to a drunk person, by saying that he cannot go over his word and say that he wants something and then say I don't dare to right after, as he says "Was the hope drunk

Wherein you dressed yourself?"

And then comparing him to a cat and calling him a coward, questioning his manlyhood, as she says, "Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would, ” Like the poor cat i' th' adage?"
As I alluded to before, I believe these two sentences were so effectoive, as they questioned Macbeth's braveness and manlyhood, which are two of the main themes of his personality.

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I believe that Lady Macbeth was the most responsible for the killing of King Duncan. This is because, while her husband first came up with that idea, after a long and thoughtful soliloquy, he went back on his words and decded  not to commit murder. However, Lady Macbeth used her authority and power over him in order to persuade him to kill the King, as she says, "How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me.

I would, while it was smiling in my face,

Have plucked my 🤬 from his boneless gums

And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you

Have done to this." using feminine imagery in order to emphasize her point of not being able to go oiver her words and doing anything yto achieve their goals, as she is so driven by greed. This shows us how Lady Macbeth is more powerful in the couple, and how she is ruthless and wouldn't let anything stop her from achieving what she wants.

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"We fail!  but screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail"
In this line Lady Macbeth provokes Macbeth's ambition to kill the King as he has a paranoia that he will get caught but Lady Macbeth doesn't care if Macbeth gets caught trying to kill the king she just wants to be Queen.

"When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be much more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man"
In this line, Lady Macbeth criticize Macbeth's character which he is  disturbed from the line  "I dare do all that may become a man."  Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth to commit the murder of Duncan, and by doing this act he will be seen as a "man".

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“When you durst do it then you were a man”-

Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth’s ego by disrupting gender roles when questioning her husband’s masculinity, denoting that Macbeth is too kind hearted and weak to be a man. This manipulates Macbeths ego and encourages him to take action into murdering king Duncan as he is convinced that in order to be a ‘man’ Macbeth must act.

"I would, while it was smiling in my face,

Have pluck'd my 🤬 from his boneless gums,

And dash'd the brains out, had I sworn as you

Have done to this.”-

Within this second quote, Lady Macbeth emotionally manipulates Macbeth. She does this by criticizing her husband for abnegating killing King Duncan and expressing that had she made a promise even to kill her own child, she would have. Continuously, by saying this, Lady Macbeth is uncovering her macabre character whilst also revealing Macbeth’s guilt, denoting he is weak and ‘unmanly’.

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I believe the theme that most powerfully affected the behavuior of Macbeth and his wife is greed and ambition. This is because, during Macbeth's soliloquy, there is no guilt or fear, as he is just weighing the pros and cons of such decision. A sentence that would back up my statement is, " I have no spur

To 🤬 the sides of my intent, but only

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself

And falls on th' other." meaning the only valid reason why he should kill Duncan is his ambition and his wife's greed to be queen. In conclusion, I believe this is a very important point to make, as while the characters are intially driven by ambition and greed, these slowly and gradually turn into guilt and paranoia

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"...heaven's cherubin horsed
Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye..."

The imagery of the gentle, and tranquil angel portrays that of avenging angels announcing Macbeth's malicious deeds to the people. In this way, Shakespeare uses dramatic imagery to foreshadow Macbeth's ultimate destruction, and his awareness that, even as he contemplates murder in order to attain his title as king, he is aware of the consequences that will follow. In addition the use of imagery through angels contrasts Macbeths acts and as such puts emphasis on just how deranged and destructive they are. The last sentence “Shall blow the horrid did in every eye” is an example of physical imagery, that implies that all will see his act, and that it won’t go unnoticed.

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At the begging of the scene Macbeth seemed very doubtful by  saying "what if we fail" but at the end of the Act  he starts getting influenced to the idea with Lady Macbeth encouraging him to kill Duncan by also saying "but screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail" with him ending up saying "I am settled and bend up"

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"False face must hide what the false heart doth know.”-

During this quote, Shakespeare uses imagery when Lady Macbeth tells her husband that in order for the plan to run smoothly, he must fool everyone with a ‘false face’ by pretending to look joyful and ordinary to hide their true gruesome intentions and act of betraying and murdering the king.

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In my opinion Lady Macbeth was responsible of King Duncans death, as we know at the beginning the scene started with a soliloquy when Macbeth was stating a variety of reasonings to why he shouldn't kill king Duncan and was persuaded to end the mission, however, when lady Macbeth enters and hears what Macbeth has to say about the whole situation, she changes his perspective about it by persuading him to make him feel guilty and uses his weakness to make him feel that the only way to gain his strength is by ignoring his weakness and doing what its been holding him back from doing.

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In the beginning of the scene, Macbeth is very indecisive on following Macbeths desires of killing King Duncan such as is in the quote “what of we fail?” . His inconclusive decision is due to various reasons, such as because King Duncan had  promoted him to Thane of Cawdor, yet the principal reason is due to his morals and beliefs as well as loyalty towards the king. However, as the scene progresses, Lady Macbeth manipulates him by attacking his mascunality and ego as well as by motivating him with ambition. Finally, Macbeth begins to be convinced by his wife’s plan by saying “I am settled, and bend up, Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.”, meaning that he will murder King Duncan

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Lady Macbeth is principally responsible for killing King Duncan. Despite not physically murdering him, she encourages and forces her husband to do so, even if it is against his will. This can also be further interpreted in the quote “Like the poor cat I’ the adage’, meaning that just like cats eat fish but don’t like getting wet, Lady Macbeth wants to kill King Duncan, yet does not want to get her hands dirty.

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In the beggining of the scene Macbeth is evidently reluctant in murdering King Duncan . This is primarily due to the fact that as revealed in the soliloquy, he fails to justify his acts with any other reason apart from ambition. This sudden realization sparks a sense of doubt and trepdiation in regards to claiming the throne - which is clear when he begins to recall just how principled and caring king duncan is - he essentially decideds that he doesnt deserve to die and and such as revokes his previous promise to lady macbeth. This becomes increasingly apparent in the statment "i have no spur to 🤬 the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself". However, once lady macbeth appears her sense of dominance over macbeth becomes clear. For more context, once she appears she does a superb job of manipulating macbeth through mocking his thoughts and questioning his masculinity therefore resulting in a sense of insecurity. In addition,  through statements such as "when you durst do it, then you were a man, and to be more than what you were doing you would be so much more the man" At this stage it is clear that Shakespeare has done an impeccable job of portraying the power that Lady Macbeth has over Macbeth himself. She also emphasizes that macbeth is not masculine and would be far more of a man if he were to commit the murder. Following so it becomes clear that the manipulation and utter humiliation that Macbeth endures has resulted in a change of heart. To conclude within Act 1 scene 7 – it becomes clear that Lady Macbeths harsh words – have become enough to overbear Macbeths true decision at heart – her mocking tone driven by ambition is what ultimately led to the death of King Duncan. It is also key to take note of the fact that she uses her own femininity to prove a point - she takes social norms and essentially expresses how she a woman - a gender was considered weak when the play was written - is far more valiant thereby bruising macbeths ego and reputation.

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Ambition and greed
Although I feel ambition was the most obvious theme throughout the play I feel that greed also played a major role in the way lady Macbeth and Macbeth were acting since becoming king would have such a great impact. With the two themes combined together the impact is stronger since they support one another. The reader is aware that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth wanted Macbeth to become king and although he had second thoughts his ambition was still so strong and with lady Macbeth supporting his decisions

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"i would while it was smiling in my face, have pluck'd my 🤬 from his boneless gums and dash'd the brains out had i sworn as you have done to this"

I feel that this here lady macbeth taunts her husbands by attempting to make him feel guilty. For more context, she communicates that she would not break her promise as he did to her, even if she was in the midst of feeding an innocent child. This acts on her femininity and emphasizes that the one aspect that makes her gentle and "woman" is something she would ignore or "give up" to stay true her word. Despite the fact that the statemnt is gruesome, and violent it helps lady macbeth attain power and dominance in the argument against her husband.

"When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be much more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man"

In this line, Lady Macbeth attacks Macbeth's ego, and reuptation. She uses this to mock him as she knows it is a concert of his.By attacking something  important to him, and questioning both his masculinity and bravery, This helps Lady Macbeth persuade him into committing murder.

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An example in the scene where Lady Macbeth mocks her husband is "while it was smiling in my face, have dash'd the brains out" when she said this she was claiming that even though she was a woman she was prepared to murder her own child yet Macbeth, a man could not even kill Duncan. When she stated this she was comparing herself to her husband in terms of who was more masculine. She used this quote because she knew she was damaging her husband's pride and making him relentless to save his status.
Another point would be "when you durst it you are a man" when Lady Macbeth says this she is asserting that only if he goes through with the murder, then he will be a man. If not, she is subtly mocking him for being too feminine to complete the job. Macbeth replies with "Prithee, peace" pleading with his wife to stop her mocking as it was destructing his gratification.

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During the beginning of the scene, Macbeth is faced with a moral dilemma, contemplating the benefits or detriments he would face in committing the act of killing King Duncan. Justifying his reasoning for not killing Duncan with “First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.” As being Duncan's kinsman, subject, and host means he should be trying to protect the King/be a hospitable host, and murdering Duncan goes against all those principles. In the end, he is faced with the realisation that his only reason for killing Duncan is due to his own ambition, since ambition itself is unreliable reasoning, Macbeth decides to not pursue the act of killing Duncan. Following this, after hearing Macbeth’s decision, Lady Macbeth isn’t pleased and proceeds to manipulate Macbeth into abandoning his ideals and convincing him for why he should commit the act of murder. The change in Macbeth’s attitude towards the idea of murder is portrayed through the quote “Bring forth men-children only, For thy undaunted mettle should compose, Nothing but males. Will it not be received, When we have marked with blood those sleepy two, Of his own chamber and used their very daggers, That they have done ’t?” As this quote highlights that Macbeth has been fully convinced by Lady Macbeth, seen through how he doesn’t object against the plan of staging the servants for the murder and how he commends Lady Macbeth on her plan and callous nature. Therefore, earlier on in the scene, Macbeth is contemplating on his stance in Duncan’s murder and whether it should be carried out in the first place but by the end he is fully convinced and more willing to pursue the act seen through how he devises a plan for Duncan’s assassination alongside Lady Macbeth.

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Macbeth's attitude in this scene at the beginning is shown as a faithful loyal, honest and noble protagonist as in his soliloquy he states why he should not kill King Duncan by saying that "hath borne his faculties , so meek, hath been so clear in his great office  that his virtues will plead like angels trumpet tongued, against the deep damnation of his taking off" which makes him think why he should kill King Duncan as he is such a good king.

Lady Macbeth changes Macbeth's idea of not killing King Duncan by saying things to him such as " Was the hope drunk, wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since? By saying this and many other comments she puts his confidence down by shaming him that he is not a man and has no courage and cannot keep his own promise made by him. This makes Macbeth a weakness which is Ambition get hold of him which makes him want to prove to Lady Macbeth that he is brave by killing King Duncan. So in the end Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth into killing King Duncan. This makes Macbeth greedy and more ambitious to kill Duncan.

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In my opinion, Lady Macbeth is responsible for the murder and conversly death of Duncan. Furthermore, while lady macbeth was not the one to initiate the very concept of murder, she took advantage of Macbeth in a manipulative manner. To further elaborate, despite the fact that lady macbeth did read a letter that Macbeth sent where he expressed his plan - he later had a change of heart, and was more reasonable and cautious. He was able to consider the consequences and weigh out the positives and negatives of going through with the murder - and as such he discovered that the sole reason behind the act would be pure ambition - which is not good enough. If the play ended here, King Duncan would remain King.Although - Lady Macbeth was the one who used Macbeths insecurities against him through constanting mocking and taunting. This led him to believe that he was not masculine, brave, or strong enough - as a result he was persuded to commit the murder alongside Lady Macebth thereby resulting in the twisted dynamics downward spiral to paranoi, suicide (lady macbeth) and death by war (mac beth).

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I have chosen: "What made you break this enterprise to me?" this doesnt help Macbeths mindset as he lost his partners trust by breaking the promise he had made.

I also chose the line "When you durst do it, then you were a man;
And, to be much more than what you were, you would
Be so much more the man". In this line, Lady Macbeth distinguishes Macbeth's ego. Macbeth would see himself as a bold man and now his wife doesn't think so.

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First Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth "  Wherein you dress'd yourself?

By saying this to Macbeth she is referring to his own ambition in becoming the next King. Where Macbeth wanted really badly to become the next King because of his ambition. Now he is telling Lady Macbeth that he doesn't want to become the next King. So by saying this to him she is reminding him of how much he desired to become the King. This way she is mocking him by reminding him of what he wanted to be become by not completing his most desired wish.

Another example where Lady Macbeth mocked Macbeth was where she says " such I account thy love" by saying this she is insulting Macbeth for not loving her. She wants him to become the king so that she can become the queen.

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I think that it was equal. Both had major roles in the murder. Lady Macbeth taunted and basically forced Macbeth to do it, but Macbeth could have s

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. Even though Lady Macbeth never physically got her hands dirty with the king's blood, she still heartlessly convinced her husband to carry through with the murder. After killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder, and because he was now in control of so much as soon as a problem occurred he immediately killed the person responsible for the problem to go away. The more he did it, the more he became used to the murders. At the beginning of the story Macbeth seemed to have a lot of care towards his wife, however after Lady Macbeth took her own life after being surrounded with too much guilt instead of the devastation everyone had expected with Macbeth he simply said "she should have died sooner".

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. Even though Lady Macbeth never physically got her hands dirty with the king's blood, she still heartlessly convinced her husband to carry through with the murder. After killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder, and because he was now in control of so much as soon as a problem occurred he immediately killed the person responsible for the problem to go away. The more he did it, the more he became used to the murders. At the beginning of the story Macbeth seemed to have a lot of care towards his wife, however after Lady Macbeth took her own life after being surrounded with too much guilt instead of the devastation everyone had expected with Macbeth he simply said "she should have died sooner".

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. Even though Lady Macbeth never physically got her hands dirty with the king's blood, she still heartlessly convinced her husband to carry through with the murder. After killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder, and because he was now in control of so much as soon as a problem occurred he immediately killed the person responsible for the problem to go away. The more he did it, the more he became used to the murders. At the beginning of the story Macbeth seemed to have a lot of care towards his wife, however after Lady Macbeth took her own life after being surrounded with too much guilt instead of the devastation everyone had expected with Macbeth he simply said "she should have died sooner".

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. Even though Lady Macbeth never physically got her hands dirty with the king's blood, she still heartlessly convinced her husband to carry through with the murder. After killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder, and because he was now in control of so much as soon as a problem occurred he immediately killed the person responsible for the problem to go away. The more he did it, the more he became used to the murders. At the beginning of the story Macbeth seemed to have a lot of care towards his wife, however after Lady Macbeth took her own life after being surrounded with too much guilt instead of the devastation everyone had expected with Macbeth he simply said "she should have died sooner".

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. Even though Lady Macbeth never physically got her hands dirty with the king's blood, she still heartlessly convinced her husband to carry through with the murder. After killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder, and because he was now in control of so much as soon as a problem occurred he immediately killed the person responsible for the problem to go away. The more he did it, the more he became used to the murders. At the beginning of the story Macbeth seemed to have a lot of care towards his wife, however after Lady Macbeth took her own life after being surrounded with too much guilt instead of the devastation everyone had expected with Macbeth he simply said "she should have died sooner".

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. Even though Lady Macbeth never physically got her hands dirty with the king's blood, she still heartlessly convinced her husband to carry through with the murder. After killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder, and because he was now in control of so much as soon as a problem occurred he immediately killed the person responsible for the problem to go away. The more he did it, the more he became used to the murders. At the beginning of the story Macbeth seemed to have a lot of care towards his wife, however after Lady Macbeth took her own life after being surrounded with too much guilt instead of the devastation everyone had expected with Macbeth he simply said "she should have died sooner".

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. Even though Lady Macbeth never physically got her hands dirty with the king's blood, she still heartlessly cAfter killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder, and because he was now in control of so much as soon as a problem occurred he immediately killed the person responsible for the problem to go away. The more he did it, the more he became used to the murders. At the beginning of the story Macbeth seemed to have a lot of care towards his wife, however after Lady Macbeth took her own life after being surrounded with too much guilt instead of the devastation everyone had expected with Macbeth he simply said "she should have died sooner".

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. Even though Lady Macbeth never After killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder, and because he was now in control of so much as soon as a problem occurred he immediately killed the person responsible for the problem to go away. The more he did it, the more he became used to the murders. At the beginning of the story Macbeth seemed to have a lot of care towards his wife, however after Lady Macbeth took her own life after being surrounded with too much guilt instead of the devastation everyone had expected with Macbeth he simply said "she should have died sooner".

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. After killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder, and because he was now in control of so much as soon as a problem occurred he immediately killed the person responsible for the problem to go away. The more he did it, the more he became used to the murders. At the beginning of the story Macbeth seemed to have a lot of care towards his wife

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. After killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder, and because he was now in control of so much as soon as a problem occurred he immediately killed the person responsible for the problem to go away. The more he did it, the more he became used to it

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. After killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder, and because he was now in control of so much as soon as a problem occurred he immediately killed the person responsible for the problem to go away.

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. After killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder, and because he was now in control of so much

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. After killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder, and because he was now in control of so much he began

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he let pride come between loyalty to his king. After killing king Duncan Macbeth was granted with power which is one of the aspects that drove him crazy. Living his dream life, Macbeth became paranoid that someone would find out about the murder and so he was now in control of so much he began

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As the play progresses it is shown that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth played a part in Duncan's murder. To begin with even though Macbeth had first concluded to not kill Duncan and only changed his mind after Lady Macbeth had manipulated him, he le

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The most affective theme explored in the story was ambition. This is mainly because if Macbeth hadn't had such high ambition to become king he might not have been so easily manipulated to murder Duncan which therefore flows throughout the story. The more people that got in Macbeth's way of being king successfully he killed