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How Is Lady Macbeth Responsible For Duncan's Death
Lady Macbeth is the mastermind in the death of Duncan in the play ‘Macbeth’. She pushed Macbeth into killing Duncan. Lady macbeth is married to the main character Macbeth and when she received a letter from Macbeth informing her of what the witches told him, she begins to think of a plan to kill Duncan. Macbeth is a loyal guy and when he heard the witches tell him their vision, he was willing to bypass the idea of it and continue being just the Thane of Glamis. However, Lady Macbeth pushes and persuades him into the idea of killing Duncan so he can be king.
Lady Macbeth is responsible for the death of Duncan. She manipulates Macbeth into killing him, “You’re the Glamis and the Thane of Cawdor, you’re to be king like promised, but i worry you
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When you durst do it, then you are a man.” She wanted him to continue and when Macbeth talks of his fears of failing she tells him, “We fail? But screw your courage to the striking-place. His two chamberlains will i with wine and wassail so convince that memory, wander of the brain, shall be fume.” The plan was going good. lady macbeth soothed Macbeth into continuing by telling him she was going to make it look as if the servants were responsible for the death of Duncan. The deed is done and Duncan is dead. Lady Macbeth is trying to calm Macbeth that everything is alright, “Wash you hands, wash the blood away, by washing the blood you wash away the deed.” She says this to calm Macbeth's thought that are driving him crazy with guilt. “Come, gentle my lord, Sleek o’re your rugged looks. Be bright and Jovial among your guest tonight.” She tries to sooth his raging emotions of guilt and tells him to pretend to be alright. She knows he is losing himself in guilt, that it's driving him insane as well as herself. She tells him it’ll be alright, for

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