THROUGH THE VIEW OF A READER, THE REASONS WHY MACBETH IS MORE GUILTY BY HIS ACTIONS THEN LADY MACBETH IS BY HERS. Essay, Research Paper

Macbeth is a very exciting story containing

all kinds of plots and murders. The characters that are killing and are

planning murders are all very deceiving and treacherous. Two of the most

dangerous criminals in this play are Lady Macbeth and her husband. Together

they commit the most dreadful murder by killing the King; Duncan. This

is why it is difficult to determine which one of these two is more guilty,

because they each do their own part in committing the crime. Lady Macbeth

would prepare the plan and then encourage Macbeth to go through with it.

Macbeth did the actual murdering, he was also the first person who thought

about killing Duncan. Furthermore he did some killing on his own. Lady

Macbeth did not have any involvement in these cases. Based on these facts,

Macbeth would be found more guilty than Lady Macbeth.

The very first murder in this story was

committed on Duncan. This crime was planned by both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

The actual murder was done by Macbeth, making him more guilty of the crime.

Lady Macbeth just talked about committing the crime, but she never actually

went through with it nor would she ever, and that is all that counts. Talking

about committing the incident is very different from actually doing it.

Lady Macbeth did a little more than just talk about it though. She also

urged Macbeth into doing it and that is what makes her part of this crime,

but she is not as guilty as Macbeth. He really didn’t have to listen to

what his wife said. Macbeth had a mind of his own and he could make his

own decision. The other murders that Macbeth was involved in were not committed

by him, but were ordered by him. The people who did the killing had no

choice, they had to do it, because they worked for Macbeth. Macbeth knew

this and was a bit more guilty in these murders then lady Macbeth was when

she urged him.

The idea of killing Duncan first came from

Macbeth. Macbeth listened to the witches prophecies that said he would

become King. Macbeth did not want to wait any longer and he thought the

only way to become King was to kill the present King; Duncan. Macbeth later

told Lady Macbeth about this and she just wanted to help him and do whatever

she could for him, so that he would be happy and be King. She was also

excited about becoming a Queen so she pushed Macbeth forward and did not

let him back down from doing what he said he’d do. Macbeth had a good chance

of becoming King if Duncan was out of the picture, so Lady Macbeth helped

stage a plan so that Macbeth could kill him without being caught. Lady

Macbeth wanted to do this for herself as well but she was mostly doing

this for Macbeth because she loved him so much. Macbeth is a regular murderer

throughout the play and is involved in a lot more murders then Lady Macbeth

is. She was only involved in the murder of the King while Macbeth was killing

people throughout the whole story. He killed lots of men fighting for the

King, and later on he killed the King. After killing the King he ordered

some of his men to murder Banquo and Fleance, Fleance got away though.

Later on through the story when Macduff went to join Malcolm, Macbeth had

Macduff’s family killed. Macbeth was a man that murdered far more people

then his wife did. So he was a more guilty person then she was. Through

the story Macbeth got obsessed with killing others and he wanted to kill

more, while Lady Macbeth became so self conscience that she went crazy

and killed herself. Throughout the course of the story it is tough to decide

who is a more guilty person, but if you look at it through the eye’s of

today’s law you will see that Macbeth is more guilty of murder. This is

because he had killed a lot people before he killed the King, and when

he did kill the King by himself Lady Macbeth had nothing to do with it.

She only made a plan and told him to do it and that isn’t as bad as actually

committing the crime unless Macbeth was mentally ill. Macbeth was not considered

mentally ill though because he went on to become King where he made decisions

on his own and ordered even more people to be murdered, and Lady Macbeth

had nothing to do with those murders at all.

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