Ambition

Create your own argument: Whose ambition is driving this killing of Duncan, really? It is clear that neither character is telling Duncan or Banquo how they really feel, but do they tell one another?  Be sure to pick lines that show you both direct and indirect evidence for your argument.  

    So far, we all know that Lady Macbeth is driving the killing of King Duncan, since we know that Macbeth is already having some doubts about the whole plan. I believe that Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are hiding some details from each other. Especially, Lady Macbeth, she is hiding the fact that she wanted to be a male so that she could do her mission and take the throne. i think that once that she knows that Macbeth will take over the throne, she will probably kill her husband too. one of the quotes that shows this is the one when she says: "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty" Women in her society at that time wasn't much of a value and you had to be a man to accomplish what was great in people's eyes. Also, to do what she had to do, she wanted to become a man.