KHANH LY English II Final Answer the following question in one paragraph (at least 5 sentences) Use textual evidence (Textual evidence cannot count towards your 5 sentences ) Your answer must consider[.]
Answer the following question in one paragraph (at least sentences) Use textual evidence (Textual evidence cannot count towards your sentences.) Your answer must consider the events of Acts One, Two, and Three Is Lady Macbeth more responsible than Macbeth for the murder of King Duncan? Is Lady Macbeth a more evil character than her husband and, if so, why? Lady Macbeth is responsible for the murder of King Duncan but she isn’t more responsible than Macbeth She is responsible for the murder of King Duncan because she has ambition, she want to be a man to kill King Duncan and she persudes Macbeth to murder King Duncan “So the messenger is short of breath, like a hoarse raven, as he announces Duncan’s entrance into my fortress, where he will die Come, you spirits that asist murderous thoughts, make me less like a woman and more like a man, and fill me from head to toe with deadly cruelty!” (Act 1, scene 5) She also planned to kill Duncan In Act 1, scene summary “Then she tells him her plan: while Duncan sleeps, she will give his chamberlains wine to make them drunk, and then she and Macbeth can slip in and murder Duncan They will smear the blood of Duncan on the sleeping chamberlains to cast the guilt upon them.” Lady Macbeth is a more evil character than her husband because she has ambition, persuades Macbeth and plans to kill King Duncan and she also covered her husband’s guilt “Coward! Give me the daggers Dead and sleeping people can’t hurt you any more than pictures can Only children are afraid of scary pictures If Duncan bleeds I’ll paint the servants' faces with his blood We must make it seem like they’re guilty.” - Act 2, scene Lady Macbeth and Macbeth both did guilt to achieve their goals such as the throne