Everyone is eventually influenced to do something they don’t want to do at one time or another. Decisions are made everyday. They are what affect the rest of out lives. Once a mistake is made it cannot be unmade. These true facts are backed up by the Bible. 1 Chorinthians 15:33 says, “Do not be dislead: Bad company corrupts good character.” Macbeth was led down a road of deception and treachery by many influences. The first influences on Macbeth were by the three witches, but his main influence was Lady Macbeth. He is thrilled by their prophecy that he’d become the king. Although he wants the privilege of being king, Macbeth knows he somehow has to seize the throne. When he realizes that for him to become king of Scotland it would mean he would have to murder Duncane, his own king that he swore to protect and serve. Macbeth begins to doubt his capabilities and has second thoughts.
The second influence is Lady Macbeth. She is the leading lady in this play and is responsible for most of the deaths that occur in this thrilling story. She does this by manipulating the respect Macbeth has for her. He doesn’t want to let her down or disappoint her. She unleashes th
never questions or worries about killing the king. She never worries that they will be caught and never worries that she will feel guilty. Unlike Macbeth, she never weighs up to realty. Instead she jumps into evil and gets carries away. This indicates that Lady Macbeth is far worse than Macbeth could ever be. She was blinded by her own ambition and then leaps into her own fire of sin. She also knows not to convey this trait to the public, but to be pleasant and sweet.
After the death of Duncane she does not become Macbeth’s “dearest partner of greatness” (1.5.11) as both had anticipated. Instead she is excluded from his confidence. He does not inform her of his plan to kill Banquo and after her ineffectual attempts to control him when he sees Banquo’s ghost, in 3.4, she disappears from the plot. The evil she was so willing to accept betrays her- as it betrays Macbeth. It produces only anguish in place of the rewards she has envisioned.
e dark side of Macbeth and motivates him to become evil. Lady Macbeth, herself was not always evil. When she hears of Macbeth’s plan to become king she calls upon evil spirits to help her be brave. By saying “Come, you e
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