The story of "Macbeth" is a tragedy. The statement means whether or not lady Macbeth is responsible for Duncan's death. I think that Lady Macbeth is the driving force behind the death of Duncan because she uses her status as his wife to pressurize him. She uses emotional blackmail to convince her hesitant husband to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth is loving towards her husband but also ambitious, this is shown by her instant desire for …
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…this is fate and he can't back out on his word. 'From this such thy love,' or it will make him a hypocrite. With all the pressure from his wife saying he'll regret this one opportunity it must be hard to get out of his mind. Overall, I think she played the biggest role in influencing him to kill because ultimately, she manages to get Macbeth to kill in spite of his own conscience.