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  • Lady Macbeth Is Worse Than Macbeth

    Written by: ethan

    In my view, Lady Macbeth is far worse than Macbeth. Although they both think of murdering King Duncan as soon as they hear the witches' prophecies, Macbeth thinks more about what he may or may not do, whereas Lady Macbeth immediately appeals to evil spirits to give her the strength to kill Duncan.

    When Macbeth first hears the prophecies, and when the first 2/3 of it comes true, he does think of killing the king, but also, towards the end of Act 1, Scene 3, he thinks that perhaps he doesn't need to do anything to become the king : "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir."

    On the other hand, Lady Macbeth, on receiving the letter telling her about the witches' prophecies, she immediately thinks that she and Macbeth will have to kill king Duncan. She also decides that Macbeth is too nice to kill the king, sayin that he "is too ful o' the milk of human kindness" and when she hears the Duncan will visit their castle that night, she immediately appeals to the evil spirits, to (ironically) give her the strength to kill the king.

    In Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth is doubtfull of Lady Macbeth's plot to kill the king. He doesn't think that he will be able to live with the guilt of killing his king while he is staying under his very roof, and then decides that he will not kill the king. This shows that Macbeth is thinking about what he is going to do, and shows that he does feel guilt and is weighing up the situation, unlike Lady Macbeth who never thinks twice about killing the king.

    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 : "we will proceed no further in this business". Lady Macbeth, however, tells him that his love is worth nothing if he refuses to go through with the plan, saying that his love is as accountable as his indecisiveness. Macbeth wants his wife to love him and wants her to trust him, so he agrees to go through with their plan.

    The way Macbeth questions and thinks about killing the king shows that he knows that killing the king is wrong and that he will feel guilty if he does so. On the other hand, Lady Macbeth never questions or worries about killing the king. She never worries that they will be caught and never worries that she will feel guilty. Unlike Macbeth, she never weighs up what they are going to do and instead jumps straight into it without thinking. This shows that Lady Macbeth is far worse than Macbeth, because Macbeth thinks about what he is doing, whereas Lady Macbeth jumps straight into it, blinded by her own ambition.


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    madammim
    2001-03-28 06:00AM
    2 out of 5
    What was there of the Essay I found quite good, however I felt that the essay was unfinished. The essay needed to continue to compare Lady Macbeth and Macbeth all the way through the play, or atleast untill the death of Lady Macbeth. ONly comparing them in the murder of Duncan is not enough! I am extreemley disapointed. frown
     
    swallow_linda
    2001-06-02 07:00AM
    No Rating
    frown In my opinion, your point of view is a bit narrow. Lady Macbeth should be condemned more in the issue of regicide. However, Macbeth keeps on killing people in order to subside his insecurity. The guilty conscience's influence is less effective on Macbeth when he kills Banquo and Macduff's family. He is degenerating in his character, he even kills vulnerable women and children.
     
    yatzs
    2001-09-08 07:00AM
    1 out of 5
    poor use of voacbulary and constant use of she and and.

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    claydough1
    2002-10-20 07:00AM
    No Rating
    Unprofessional use of firrst person(as well as many other inappropriate colloquialisms), and a lack of flesh mar a possibly good topic. Perhaps useful as a guide for a Middle School in-class paper.
     
    Ethan
    Author of this essay
    2003-10-20 03:01AM
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    2003-10-20 03:08AM
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    2003-10-20 03:16AM
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    2003-11-05 02:18AM
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    2004-01-13 09:03PM
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    test from ethan
     
    aznd3m0n246
    2006-01-10 05:36PM
    1 out of 5
    no good
     
    RyanPeakesGirl
    2006-05-14 10:12AM
    2 out of 5
    It could have been better but I think you should compare the other side aswell
     

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