Scotland's slide into tyranny is primarily the work of Lady Macbeth

Although in Macbeth Scotland is plunged into a land filled with violence, numerous bloody killings, cruelty and fear at the hand of tyrannical rule, one cannot hold Lady Macbeth solely responsible. While Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth is ambitious and desirous of a position of power on the throne of Scotland and persuades Macbeth into carrying out the murder of Duncan to achieve this, ultimately the witches provide her with the strength to persuade Macbeth. The cruel feats of Macbeth are subsequent to the seeds of desire the witches plant in their initial prophesies and following warnings which further lead him into turmoil.

Lady Macbeth is a tool of the witches evil plans, she is used to persuade Macbeth to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth, highly motivated and greedy for power, is the one to convince Macbeth into murdering Duncan but her strength is accountable to the witches- "come you spirits...make thick my blood".......

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Title: Macbeth
Approximate Word Count: 849
Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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