Lady Macbeth initiated the chain of events in this play by starting off manipulating her husband Macbeth. " Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear And chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round. " - Lady Macbeth in Act 1 Scene V. Pressuring, manipulating and forcing her own husband to kill Duncan, the King and Macbeth’s friend, Lady Macbeth placed her husband on such a large guilt trip it causes him to commit murder and kill the king and his once friends. Lady Macbeth’s pressure on Macbeth to kill Duncan caused a domino effect on the play. …show more content…
Once Macbeth murders Duncan, it drives him, along with Lady Macbeth to insanity.
Every murder in Macbeth is connected and occurs because of the murder of Duncan. Once Duncan is murdered and Macbeth becomes King he becomes an evil and greedy man seeking for power. Supernatural problems strike Macbeth that make him unable to become sane. "Things without all remedy, should be without regard. What's done is done." - Lady Macbeth in Act III Scene II. Without a conscience giving instructions to Macbeth to forget about his wrongfulness. She could not help Macbeth, and due to his evilness, more murders begin to take place such as the murders of the Guards, Banquo, Lady Macduff and son, and
Siward.
Lady Macbeth may have died in the end and committed suicide, but did she not get what she deserved in the end. "Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?" - Lady Macbeth in Act V Scene I.. The doctor hearing these words from Lady Macbeth while she sleep walks as the truth finally comes out. Lady Macbeth did not have any consequences, she payed the least out of anyone in the play. Unlike Macduff losing his family, Malcolm losing his father, Macbeth lost all respect and his wife before he finally died. All Lady Macbeth lost was herself. She knew she did wrong by planning the assassination of Duncan, but that is not enough for what she deserved.
There are many mysterious and unrealistic moments in the play of Macbeth. Although Macbeth maybe the target and main character of Macbeth, it was Lady Macbeth that initiated the action. Her decision for the murder of Duncan made her the reason for every major munder that has happen during the play.