Lady Macbeth had a strong influence on Macbeth to fulfill her desires. Macbeth had an ability to tell right from wrong but Lady Macbeth's influence had turned his ability to do the right thing, to doing things for greed and power. After discussing a plot to kill the king and make Macbeth take his place as King, Lady Macbeth pushed Macbeth to kill him. Macbeth had hesitated and refused to until Lady Macbeth's influential ways convinced him to or he would be less of a man. In this speech from Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth pressures Macbeth to kill king Duncan, by insulting Macbeth's manliness, by renouncing her own femininity and by using figurative language about her evil plot.

A common tactic was used by lady Macbeth to convince Macbeth to kill King Duncan. She had insulted Macbeth's manliness with relentless comments towards him. Macbeth had confronted her and...