... behavior, and they both seem to verge on hallucination and madness as they recoil from the mayhem they have created around them. But the lust for ambition proves the overwhelming force. The Elizabethan audience would have been very nervous when watching this play as the thought of killing a king, the Elizabethans believed that killing a king was like offending god so they ... 's self. If Macbeth hadn't seen the witches or if Lady Macbeth hadn't been told about the witches prophecies the murder wouldn't have happened. So I think that Lady Macbeth was the driving force but the witches also...

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In the play "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is driven into a murderous rampage so that he may become king. In doing so, he must first off kill the King Duncan himself and everyone that is heir to the throne. Lady Macbeth, his wife, is suggested to be the mastermind behind the whole ordeal. She has a great deal of power over Macbeth and could have easily been the reason why Macbeth did embark upon his murdering spree. Macbeth had the ability to murder the king, although he had his doubt. He just had his wife's encouragement to push him the rest of the way. At the beginning of the play...

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... pays no attention to morals when there is something he wants to achieve, and in this case his goal is to become a respected authority. With Lady Macbeth as the main driving power behind Macbeth's own will to become king, he commits some terrible crimes that are the exact opposite of moral. The death of Duncan is a major turning point in the ... as the symbol for evil in the story. It is not known whether Macbeth would have committed any such crimes as he did without his wife, but she is the driving force that pushes him to kill Duncan, which eventually digs himself into a hole that he c...

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... Macbeth's relationship with Macbeth goes deeper then that of the witches. The witches act only as a trigger to start the events in the play and Lady Macbeth herself is the driving force behind Macbeth's actions. Macbeth takes actions that lead to his downfall. Although he takes the actions, he would not have done this if the witches had not told him that ... office" he is saying what a good man Duncan is and how he is meant to be loyal to him. But he says it is only his "vaulting ambition" that is driving him on. Then when he asks Lady Macbeth if Duncan has asked for him ,he says "we wi...

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... , manipulates her indecisive husband into slaying the Scottish king. Lady Macbeth is responsible for the death of Duncan, rather than her fickle husband. Within the play, Lady Macbeth is the driving force behind her husband's plotting, eventually pushing him to murder his beloved King. With Macbeth's conscience burdened with the prophecy of the three witches, he turns to his wife for answers ... [her] from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty" (pg. 33). Lady Macbeth is intent on her husband usurping the crown from Duncan, and is the compelling force that is able to manipulate ...

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... ; (III, i, Ln.72). Macbeth's ambition is to remain king for as long as possible and he will kill anybody who stops this from happening. Macbeth's blind ambition is the primary driving force to his mental deterioration and downfall. However, killing Banquo only causes Macbeth to further deteriorate and continue to suffer. Macbeth's breakdown can also be viewed as a result of his guilty ... ...

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... be seen as just a way to push her away from the fact he is planning the murder of Banquo and Fleance without her, which is strange as she was the driving force behind the murder of Duncan. In the Banquet scene a lot about MacBeth and Lady MacBeth's relationship is revealed. We now know that MacBeth is taking matters in to his own ... ...

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... never have attacked with his army. Lady Macbeth also played a role is manipulating Macbeth into acting on his evil thoughts. Lady Macbeth wanted to be queen and it was her driving force to encourage Macbeth into committing murder. I think if Lady Macbeth had not influenced Macbeth's ambition he would have abstained from killing the king. It seems oblivious when Lady Macbeth urges ... ...

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... spur to prick the sides of intent, but only vaulting ambition, which overleaps itself and falls on another." In this line Macbeth admits that his blind ambition is the sole driving force present in him that demands Duncan's blood. The temptation and power lust by far outmatched Macbeth's will power and self-control abilities. His ambition drove him to murder and in ... ...

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... spur to prick the sides of intent, but only vaulting ambition, which overleaps itself and falls on another." In this line Macbeth admits that his blind ambition is the sole driving force present in him that demands Duncan's blood. The temptation and power lust by far outmatched Macbeth's will power and self-control abilities. His ambition drove him to murder and in ... ...

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... he is truly a man, then he should easily be able to handle the guilt. Clearly, at this point in the play, Lady Macbeth is the callous, as well as devilish, force driving the hesitant Macbeth to carry out his immoral actions. Moreover, Lady Macbeth's determination to gain power causes her to overlook the consequences of the immoral acts she is concocting and ... ...

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... would have lived out his happy life under the control of his king, but it was his ambition that lead to his sadness and death. Good and evil is the driving force behind the play and are both present throughout but one dominates as the play develops. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both have good and evil within them but it is evil ... ...

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... gender and power is a key element in Lady Macbeth's character. Despite her gender, Lady Macbeth initially appears to be more masculine than her husband is. Lady Macbeth is clearly the driving force in her husband's evil doings. While Macbeth feels guilty for murdering his king, Lady Macbeth remains the voice of reason, as she tells him that the blood can be washed ... ...

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