The force which drives Lady Macbeth to do anything in this play is her thirst to achieve more power than the power she already has. Lady Macbeth will not stop for anything while on her quest, no matter whose lives she corrupts along the way. The one person she has the strongest influence on is her husband, Macbeth. Reluctantly, Macbeth wants to leave the whole situation with the witches’ prophecies to chance, and he does not want to intervene to change the cou

Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red. (II.ii.77-80)

and the value of a promise. She lists gruesome things she would rather do than break a promise, as a means of luring him into committing to anything necessary to gain more power for herself.

This shows how one’s state of mind can change after being under the influence of someone like Lady Macbeth who has a deadly starvation for power. In this situation, Macbeth tries to manipulate these murderers into thinking he is the one that commits no wrong, and it is Banquo who does the murderers wrong. This shows how one’s priorities can be disorganized after this quest for power. Once the quest for power is embarked upon, corruption is bestowed upon Macbeth’s life.

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