Macbeth is a coward, while Lady Macbeth is brave. Personally, I do not think that this is a fair comment because Macbeth does not want to go through with killing King Duncan

Macbeth had  reasons for not wanting to go through with the murder were that firstly killing Duncan would have terrible consequences. He was also worried that if he killed the King, people may do the same to him once he was king. The final reason for why Macbeth did not want to kill King Duncan was because Duncan was a good king and Macbeth had always been trustworthy to him and he was feeling guilty. Evidence to back this up in the text is “He’s here in double trust: first, as I am his kinsman and his subject, strong both against the deed; then, as his host, who should against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife myself.”

Macbeth changes his mind because Lady Macbeth makes him feel like a coward as she says “And live a coward in thine own esteem.” She also shows that she is more strong minded than him as she says “How tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done for this,” – this shows that she is pure evil. She also gets rid of Macbeth’s fear of failing as she tells him her whole plan on how she will get the servants drunk so they do not know what is going on and whilst the servants are asleep they can do what they like to King Duncan and they can blame it on the servants. Macbeth is finally convinced that nothing will go wrong and decides to go through with it – much to Lady Macbeth’s delight.

This scene is a turning point in the play because Macbeth stops being the brave, courageous hero and becomes evil (exactly like his wife) as he decided to go through with killing the poor, old, innocent King Duncan to achieve what he wants: for him and his wife to become the King and Queen of Scotland.