is
ultimately responsible for killing , but Ladyand the Weird Sisters bear some moral
responsibility for encouraging and assisting him in the commission of his crime.
claims that she herself would've carried out this wicked act herself if Duncan hadn't
resembled her own father as he slept. But we must take this with a large pinch of salt. It's
almost certain that Lady Macbeth wouldn't have plunged in the dagger herself, whatever the
circumstances. Though she may have actively planned the whole thing, it was always understood
that it was Macbeth who'd have to wield the knife. Nevertheless, Lady Macbeth is fully complicit
in this heinous act of villainy, and she must share some of the blame for what's
happened.
As indeed must the Weird Sisters. It was they who planted the
demon seed of ambition in Macbeth's mind. They were the ones who encouraged Macbeth to take the
fateful step of making himself king of Scotland, irrespective of the methods used to
achieve...
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