When Macbeth starts to think about killing his king, he decides that he will not go through with the plan because this is a terrible crime and the king has treated him extremely well. When he decides this he tells his wife, “We will proceed no further in this business”(i vii 34). This shows that Macbeth does not want to go through with the plan to kill Duncan. After saying this to Lady Macbeth she says to him, “And live a coward in thine own esteem,/ letting I dare not wait upon I would,/ Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage?”(i vii 47- 49) In these lines Lady Macbeth calls Macbeth a coward and accuses him of being able to want something but never having enough courage to get what he wants. Without Lady Macbeth saying this, Macbeth would have decided not to kill Duncan. Although Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to go through with the murder, the most influential people are the weird
When Macbeth starts to think about killing his king, he decides that he will not go through with the plan because this is a terrible crime and the king has treated him extremely well. When he decides this he tells his wife, “We will proceed no further in this business”(i vii 34). This shows that Macbeth does not want to go through with the plan to kill Duncan. After saying this to Lady Macbeth she says to him, “And live a coward in thine own esteem,/ letting I dare not wait upon I would,/ Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage?”(i vii 47- 49) In these lines Lady Macbeth calls Macbeth a coward and accuses him of being able to want something but never having enough courage to get what he wants. Without Lady Macbeth saying this, Macbeth would have decided not to kill Duncan. Although Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to go through with the murder, the most influential people are the weird