Macbeth is obviously struggling with the murdering of King Duncan. He is not only having trouble doing it because he has respect for the King and actually likes him, but Lady Macbeth is basically forcing him to do the deed. She is testing his manhood because she knows he is too nice of a person to do it. If she was a man, she would have no problem doing it. Macbeth doesnt want to seem weak to his wife and not show his fears. Macbeth does end up killing King Duncan, which creates even more guilt and conflicts that Macbeth does not want. He could not even "finish" the deed and Lady Macbeth had to do it. He now has all this guilt on his shoulders and can never forget what he did. He will struggle with this throughout the whole play.
The picture for this post was cool because it basically summed up your post without you having to overkill the point that Macbeth is guilty. It's also an interesting image since the silhouette of the man is filled with guilt internally but also is being destroyed by it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Shruti. The fact that lady Macbeth ended up killing herself due to her guilt is pretty ironic.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alyssa. This internal conflict of the guilt of this murder seems to shift from Macbeth to Lady Macbeth. At first, he is extremely guilty but then goes on a killing rampage. Lady Macbeth seemed to feel no remorse at the beginning of the play but then has a lot of guilt at the end.
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