Essay, Research Paper: Macbeth

THROUGH THE VIEW OF A READER, THE REASONS WHY MACBETH IS MORE GUILTY BY HIS ACTIONS THEN

LADY MACBETH IS BY HERS.



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.