To What Extent Was Responsible For Macbeth's Downfall

Throughout the story Macbeth went on a tragic downfall, murdering his friends and the people he loved. He went from a loyal Thane to murderous king who had one goal of maintaining the crown. Although Macbeth was the one to go on a drastic downfall, Macbeth is not the one responsible for this it. Lady Macbeth is to blame for Macbeth’s downfall. Lady Macbeth starts to manipulate Macbeth by convincing him he is not manly. After the three witches prophecy, Macbeth has written his wife a letter telling her about the prophecy, planning on waiting for it to come true naturally. Instead of agreeing with that, she came up with a plan to murder the king. After Macbeth telling his wife that he didn’t want to kill King Duncan, she told him that he was weak, and not women like. “That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man, (1.7.57-58).” Lady Macbeth does anything to convince Macbeth of why he should kill the king. …show more content…
After Macbeth decided he did not want to kill the King, Lady Macbeth told him that he needed to follow through with his promise to kill him, and she convinced him to feel like he needed to do this. She uses a difficult loss of a baby in their life to convince him of killing the king. She tells him that if she were nursing her child and staring at his smiling face, she would smash his brains out if it meant she promised someone she would. “Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know How tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dash'd the brains out, had I sworn as you Have done to this, (1.7.62-67).” Lady Macbeth is making Macbeth feel