Morality In Macbeth

In the beginning of Macbeth, it is clear to see the morals differ between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth has no trouble with the idea of murdering the king, while her husband has second thoughts. Macbeth reflected on the peoples’ love for King Duncan and his own honors that he had been awarded recently. When his masculinity comes into question, Lady Macbeth delivers the response that Macbeth is not a man at all until he fulfills his original ideas. It becomes obvious by the murder of Duncan and, also, by the subsequent acts of the play that Macbeth ultimately follows Lady Macbeth’s moral opinions. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth agreed that Duncan had to be killed for Macbeth to take his place as king. They were both being driven by their ambition to gain power, but for Macbeth that was not enough. He knew there would be consequences to follow his crime. This is stated in Act 1, Scene 7, when Macbeth says, “I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself / And falls on th’ other.” He stated that if this assassination could be over with as soon as he killed the king, he
In fact, she saw this plan as an easy opportunity to rise into power. She did not think any consequences would face them if they only placed the blame on the king’s servants. When presented with Macbeth’s reasons for second guessing in Act 1, Scene 7, Lady Macbeth replies, “Art thou afeard / To be the same in thine own act and valor / As thou art in desire?” She is accusing Macbeth of being too cowardly to act how he wishes. She believes that by wishing to not go through with their plan, Macbeth is not a man at all. She says he was only a man when he dared to kill Duncan, and would be much more of a man if he actually did what he desired. By finally killing King Duncan, it becomes obvious that Macbeth chose to follow his wife’s morals instead of his