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Lady Macbeth Responsible For Duncan's Death

ohn Keating English Honors Lady Macbeth Must Take Some
                  Blame for Her Husband's Destruction In Macbeth, a play
                  written by Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth is partially responsible
                  for the destruction of her husband. Lady Macbeth is not a
                  monster without feelings, however she is tricky and cunning
                  when she influences Macbeth to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth's
                  ability to influence her husband leads the audience to believe
                  that she is the primary cause for the destruction of Macbeth.
                  The audience is also led to believe that Lady Macbeth is
                  responsible because she makes up the details of the plan to
                  kill Duncan, while Macbeth was considering not even going
                  through with the murder. Although Macbeth had the thought of
                  killing Duncan, he would not have acted on that thought
                  unless Lady Macbeth persuaded him. Lady Macbeth is sly
                  person, able to manipulate her husband, and this ability to
                  manipulate Macbeth makes her partially responsible for the
                  destruction of Macbeth. Lady Macbeth knows that her
                  husband is too kind to kill Duncan without her help she fears
                  "thy nature; / It is too full o'th' milk of human kindness / to
                  catch the nearest way" (I.v.16-18). She is very much aware of
                  the fact that she needs to push Macbeth to kill Duncan or else
                  he will not do it. We see Macbeth's hesitance to murder the
                  king when he lists reasons not to kill Duncan in Act 1, when
                  he says, "He's here in double trust: / First, as I am his
                  kinsman and his subject, / Strong both against the deed; then,
                  as his host, / Who should against his...