If he acts on his ambitions, it would make him greedy and power hungry. That will make his friends turn on him and, ultimately, lead to his death (Clifford 593). But all Macbeth really brought to the throne was disgrace and the rest of the characters in the play blame Macbeth for the disaster that was brought upon Scotland (Brown 300). .
Macbeth's tragic flaw is his ambition and his weakness with the guilt of if he does not get caught. While Macbeth feels this guilt Lady Macbeth takes advantage and plays upon it ("Shakespeare's Classroom"). His wife, Lady Macbeth, taunted and teased Macbeth about his weakness and cowardice till that night which he finally gave into performing the murder (Baker 94). Lady Macbeth's thoughts and feelings throughout the play reflect those of Macbeth but it seems that Lady Macbeth is the stronger partner (Brown 299). With no doubt Lady Macbeth isn't a character of these varieties of traits, but she directly affects his behavior. We see how much she affects him; at least she thinks she does, during the soliloquy of her thoughts after the reading of the letter ("Think Quest"). .
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Macbeth struggles extremely and very intensely while Lady Macbeth challenges his manhood. This was by stating that hesitation and failure in this regard of action would be cowardly. Lady Macbeth never thought twice about the murder because she wanted to become queen ("Shakespeare's Campfire"). .
After Macbeth murders Duncan, he drowns himself in guilt. He tells his wife, "I could not say 'Amen!' / When they did say 'God bless us! (Shakespeare II.2.41-42). His terrible deed has cut himself from God because he has sinned ("Personal Works and Writings"). Macbeth's guilt taunts him further as he imagines himself hearing, "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep"(Shakespeare II.2.49-50). Since sleep is the healing of labors that soothes a day's troubles, and Macbeth has murdered Duncan in his sleep, he would pay with sleep.
