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How Is Lady Macbeth Responsible For Killing Duncan
Lady Macbeth is more responsible for the killing of Duncan. She got Macbeth to go against something he had not planned to do, Lady Macbeth also planned the way to kill him. Macbeth did not plan to kill Duncan. He did not feel that it was a good idea to follow through with the plan. In act 1 scene 7 line 31 he says “we will proceed no further in this [plan].” He also worries that they could get caught like in line 59 “if we should fail” but, Lady Macbeth says “screw your courage to the sticking-place and we will not fail” (1.7 60-61). Macbeth was very hesitant about doing this. He did not want to go through it and was worried that they would get caught. Lady Macbeth ridicules Macbeth for his hesitation. She says that he is not manly enough

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