Lady Macbeth is part of the driving force, but Macbeth is the main force of ambition in the play. At first Lady Macbeth was forcing Macbeth to kill Duncan, but that was only the beginning. Lady Macbeth created a domino effect of murder for Macbeth. It forced him to realize that he really wanted to be king. But did he go too far, killing people, just so he could remain king? He was losing it and it all started with Lady Macbeth. He started something within Macbeth. Something that could only be snuffed out by his own death. Lady Macbeth was a major part of the play's ambition. His main ambition was to start the show. She wanted to be queen so badly that she manipulated Macbeth into doing her dirty work. She prayed that she could be ruthless and full of cruelty to get the job done.“40 Under my battlements. Come, you spirits41 who entertain mortal thoughts, undress me here,42 and fill me from head to toe43 with the most atrocious cruelty! make my blood thick;44 close the access and passage to remorse." This was Lady Macbeth's speech when...
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