Both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth seem to be alike as they are both filled with evil but both believe that if they hide their deeds, heaven will not judge. But Macbeth increasingly doubts the ideas of Lady Macbeth she believes in what she is doing, so it becomes reality, “Stop up th’access and passage to remorse” asking spirits.
Lady Macbeth seems to be the first mind overtaken by evil, but by her own will and not the push of evil. Lady Macbeth starts her journey with evil at the castle before she even sees Macbeth. She wants power so decides to use pure evil to do it. “ Spirits” to “tend on mortal thoughts” “unsex” all these words gives her strength through evil, “Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, to cry, hold, hold,” She wants evil in her so persists on these evil words and basically gets herself possessed (on her own free will). Lady Macbeth eventually gets taken over by evil spirits she wants to use these evil spirits to transmit into Macbeth. So she says, “ Pour my spirits in.” Showing me that Lady Macbeth works in Macbeths fragile mind, she confides in Macbeths mind that he wants to be King and suggests that he should kill Duncan.
Macbeths mind must have been fragile for some reason; obviously the thought of murdering Duncan had come into his mind. When he was first introduced to the supernatural by the third witch who calls him “King hereafter,” the witches must have read Macbeths thoughts and he soon reveals that the idea of murdering Duncan had already occurred to him: “ My mind whose murder is but fantastical.” Macbeth believes almost immediately in their prophecies because they seem to have the ability to read his mind. Macbeth shows from that he is easily excited mentally, this makes is mind fragile and easier for evil to enter into his mind and control him. Macbeth had the choice of being persuaded into evil, and obviously Lady Macbeth could not have persuaded him fully. Lady Macbeth reveals to us that although Macbeth is noble he is able of doing wrong, and Lady Macbeth spots that he will do wrong for something that he wants, but does not accept the consequences. Macbeth is ambitious, but would like to achieve his ambitions but without dishonour. Macbeth is a weak character as he can be changed so easily from good to evil. The reason for Lady Macbeth to be able to take over Macbeths mind is that, Macbeth is ambitious he wants power deep down this is how Lady Macbeth transfers her evil into Macbeth. The change of Macbeth from good to evil occurs during his speech before the murder of Duncan, which Lady Macbeth forced him into doing. Macbeth begins the speech in a very excited and emotional state; maybe he is like this stirring force of Lady Macbeth. Macbeth’s soliloquy is very visual and dramatic and emphasises his emotional stress. He is overpowered by his feelings and becomes irrational and his imagination takes over him. Within the short period of the speech Macbeth does become more rational and realises the reasons for his hallucinations. He is able to control his imagination and towards the end of the speech becomes hardened and evil. The crime of murder does not affect him so much. The next morning he is able to accuse the servants for the crimes and murders them.
From this point I feel that Macbeth has definitely more to do with the tragic events of MACBETH because he does not need Lady Macbeth anymore for from this point evil has taken over him. He not only has more to do with the tragic events from this point he gets hardened to murder and the evil within him spreads and overruns his actions and he readily kills the grooms. Macbeth is fearful that his crime has been in vain because of the witches prophecies that Banquo’s line will inherit the throne; he becomes almost insane and perhaps the only security he can cling to is the witches prophecies.
Lady Macbeth I feel from this point has been used by evil enough and finally loses control of Macbeth and there is no need for Lady Macbeth to be used by the supernatural to encourage Macbeth into his evil ways, because he is already overpowered by the strong force of evil that influences all his actions; Macbeth does not need to consult Lady Macbeth for his murders. The evil in his mind makes him feel that the motives for killing Banquo is peace of mind; he is obsessed with jealousy and suspicion, perhaps the products of his evil ruled his life. Which eventually leads to Macbeths death.
I feel from MACBETH Macbeth has more to do with the tragic events than Lady Macbeth after the killing of Duncan but the start of this was evil that possessed Lady Macbeth and then to Macbeth. So from that basically neither Lady Macbeth nor Macbeth had anything to do with the tragic events of MACBETH in their right mind but it was the evil that over took them which caused them to be involved in the tragic events in Macbeth. Evil in this play is always referred to as being some sort of disease this disease brings Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to in-human form mentally, causing them to take part in the tragedies of MACBETH.