Why Is Lady Macbeth Unethical

To begin, if it wasn't for Lady Macbeth's persuasive behavior Duncan would still be king. After the ongoing arguments about how the murder is being done and who's going to do it Lady Macbeth has enough. She exclaims “How tender is the babe that milks me. I would while it was smiling in my face, have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums no dash’d the brains out, had I sworn as you have done this” (I.viii.61-67). Lady Macbeth criticizes Macbeth for backing out on his promise to kill Duncan. She argues that she always keeps her promises to the extent of killing her own baby if she said she would. This persuades Macbeth into following her commands even if they are inhumane. She then gets so caught up in evilness that her feminine image no longer