As mentioned in my last entry,the witches are agents that spur Macbeth into action.

Lady Macbeth, is interesting. While primarily viewed as an agent for encouraging Macbeth to kill the king, she plays a definite larger overarching role in the tragedy of Macbeth.

By playing on the aspect of manhood, it is Lady Macbeth who transformed Macbeth into the literary monster that he becomes. In order to become king, it is a plausible action to kill the king, i understand.

However, by Lady Macbeth constant irking and borderline nagging Macbeth on the topic of his actions and morals, she constantly pushes him over the edge. As a result, Macbeth begins to take out any and everyone who would ever pose a threat to his and his bloodlines role. His growing desire for the throne is amplified by Lady Macbeth acting as an agent.

I do feel, however, that if Lady Macbeth never would have killed herself, that she still would not have survived. Macbeth most likely, if he did not perish either, would have slain her. Towards the end of the play, Macbeth becomes an emotionless, monotonous individual. Love is not something that effected him, as he barely batted an eye at the news of her death.

Lady Macbeth, if Macbeth was not found out, would have been the only soul who new the sins of Macbeth. In addition, she is extremely manipulative, and could have attempted to coax something out of him now that he was king.

Furthermore, she iterated and reiterated several times that she would want to relinquish her role as a female, and kill babies, her own babies, if she could. If Macbeth had a son, and the son were to become kind, and lady Macbeth bashed its skull in like she wished? She would not have lived to see her son become a king. Not if Macbeth had anything to say about it.