Lady Macbeths influence on Macbeth

gaining power then Macbeth does. Lady Macbeth does not care how far she has to go to get what she wants. She knows that she will have to be evil and ruthless and she doesn"'"t care.  Lady Macbeth wanted what she wanted when she wanted it; she believed the prophecy because it was what she wanted to come true. Macbeth had thought about killing Duncan, but had decided against it.  Besides, this Duncan/ Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been/ So clear in his great office, (I.vii.16-18) If it weren"'"t for Lady Macbeth insulting Macbeth, he never would have killed Duncan. Macbeth thought that Duncan was a good person; he knew that he had no reason to kill Duncan but for his own personal gain. Lady Macbeth was so obsessed with the thought of power that she convinced Macbeth that he needed to kill Duncan so that he could get what he was promised. Although Macbeth wanted to be king, he didn"'"t want to kill Duncan. Art thou afeard/ To be the same in thine own act and valor/ As thou art in desire? (I. vii.43-45) Lady Macbeth was a very smart woman. She knew the one way to get a man to do what she wanted, to insult his manhood. Lady Macbeth tells her husband that when he murders Duncan, and he becomes king, he will be much more of a man than he can ever be now. She told him that he will have authority, and will be in control of everyone. She tells him that there won"'"t be anyone to hold him back. Lady Macbeth is so harsh in criticizing Macbeth that she eventually convinces him that murder is the best answer.  Lady Macbeth is jealous that Macbeth is honored and that she is not. She thought that when she became queen she be honored by many people. Lady Macbeth doesn"'"t understand Macbeth"'"s loyalty to Duncan in the beginning. She thinks that he should be much more interested in what he could gain. Macbeth had many honors that he earned on the battlefield.   For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name),/ Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel,/ Which smoked with bloody execution. (I.ii.18-20) Macbeth does not want to kill Duncan because of everything that Duncan has done for him. Macbeth knows that because Duncan has regarded him as a hero other people regard him as a hero. Macbeth doesn"'"t want to do something that could chance him loosing his heroic status.  After Macbeth kills Duncan, he is very upset. Macbeth knows that he has made a mistake killing Duncan.  Will all great Neptune"'"s ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather/ The multitudinous seas incarnadine,/ Making the green one red. (II. ii. 78-81) Macbeth also knows that he messed up his life. That he did something that he will never be able to forget the horrible thing that he had done.  Hath I but died an hour before this chance,/ I had lived a blessed time; for from this instant/ There"'"s nothing serious in mortality./ All is but toys. Renown and grace is dead. (II.iii.107-110) In these lines, Macbeth is wishing that he hadn"'"t done what he did. He is saying that if he had died before he killed Duncan he would have lived a much better life then the one he is going to have to live with after murdering his cousin and his king. It is obvious that Lady Macbeth didn"'"t care that she was a part in Duncan"'"s death; all she cared about was the fact that she was one-step closer to becoming the queen.  My hands are of your color, but I shame/ To wear a heart so white. (II.ii.82-83) Lady Macbeth is saying that she is also covered in blood, but she isn"'"t scared of what she has done. She is calling Macbeth a sissy because he wasn"'"t man enough to go and return the daggers.  Lady Macbeth influenced Macbeth to make his first kill. After he killed Duncan, Macbeth became used to the idea that if someone was in the way of what he wanted he could kill him or her. After killing Duncan, Macbeth was responsible for the murder of Banquo and Macduff"'"s entire household, along with the attempted murder of Fleance, Banquo"'"s son. Macbeth has completely switched roles with Lady Macbeth. Now Macbeth is doing the killing while Lady Macbeth is upset about the killings.  In the end, Lady Macbeth is so upset the she ends up committing suicide while Macbeth is killed because he becomes too cocky. If it weren"'"t for Lady Macbeth persuading Macbeth to kill Duncan, none of this would have happened. While the witches told Macbeth the prophecy, Lady Macbeth was the one who caused him to act upon it. Because of the greed of one evil woman, tons of lives were ruined.