Lady Macbeth is more ruthless than Macbeth
In life everyone has goals that they hope to attain and there are many ways that one can achieve these goals. To achieve what you desire you can either wait for time to take its toll, or take matters into your own hands and do what you have to do in order to fulfill your desires. You can attain your goal as long as you have ambition. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth had the goal of Macbeth becoming king: to obtain this they took matters into hands and killed Duncan. In order for somebody to commit such a heinous act as murder the conspirators must be ruthless, and this is what Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were, ruthless. Lady Macbeth's is more ruthless than her spouse and her ruthlessness is what fueled Duncan's murder. However some may claim that this is not so and that Macbeth is more ruthless than his wife. "Present fears are less than horrible imaginings. My thought, whose murder is yet but fantastical, shakes so that my single state of man that function is smoldered I surmise and nothing is but what is not." Macbeth as you can see is thinking about the witches' prophecy of him becoming king. Macbeth knows that Duncan must be killed if he wants to acquire the throne, and the thought of D
uncan's murder is very disturbing to him. Macbeth desires to become king, but his ambition is halted when he thinks of the consequences that follow if he were to get his wish. However when Malcolm is chosen to become Prince of Cumberland Macbeth knew that if he did not take any actions then he wouldn't be king. The reader can see that the ruthlessness that lied in Macbeth is coming out when he says "The Prince of Cumberland - that is a step On which I must fall down or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Despite the fact that Macbeth is a ruthless individual Lady Macbeth makes him look like a saint. After Lady Macbeth reads her husband's letter she sees an opportunity to become queen that she probably never thought about. Lady Macbeth's desire for her husband to become king is stronger than Macbeth's own desire for the throne. After Lady Macbeth learns that Duncan is going to visit Inverness she begins plotting to kill him even though her husband does show hesitation to kill Duncan. Macbeth wrote, "Art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it" that he does not want to commit an act of murder. Once again Lady Macbeth's ruthlessness is displayed when she asks, "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of dirtiest cruelty...." Lady Macbeth calls upon the spirits to help her find the power to kill Duncan. When Macbeth arrives at Inverness it's not Macbeth that begins talking about the plot to murder Duncan, but instead it's his wife. "Your hand, your tongue; look like th' innocent flower, but be the serpent under't" is what Lady Macbeth urges Macbeth to do so that he can commit the murder. Lady Macbeth knows that her husband is not so hard-hearted as her so she mu
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