In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is the cause of Duncan's murder. She is the enterprising force in the beginning of the play, driving Macbeth and fueling his ambition to have the crown in their clutch. Lady Macbeth is persuasive and capable of humiliating someone into murder. Although other characters may have partially contributed to the murder of King Duncan, she was the main instigator of the execution. If she had not provoked Macbeth into committing the murder, it would never have happened.

When Macbeth first heard the prophecies and later, when two of them came true, he does consider killing the king. But, towards the end of Act 1, Scene 3, he thinks that perhaps he doesn't need to do anything to become the king sayi

When Lady Macbeth notices that Macbeth has left the room, she goes to speak to him. Macbeth firmly tells her that they will not kill the king. Lady Macbeth, however, tells him that his love is worth nothing if he refuses to go through with the plan. She says that he made a promise to her saying that he would do it. Lady Macbeth further said that if she made a promise and didn't keep it, and had a baby, she would have the "nipple pluck'd from his boneless gums/And dashed the brains out." (I-vii, 57-58) Macbeth wants his wife to love him and wants her to trust him, so he agrees to go through with their plan.

As you can see, Lady Macbeth is a very persuasive woman, who by humiliating Macbeth convinced him to murder King Duncan. Lady Macbeth never questions or worries about killi

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