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To What Extent is Macbeth pushed into sidesplitting male monarch Duncan?Numerous people and factors push Macbeth into killing the king. The main factors are&61656 Lady Macbeth&61656 The Witches and Fate&61656 King Duncan&61656 Banquo&61656 Himself (Macbeth)I start with probably the most influential character upon Macbeth, his wife, Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth believes what the witches have said and in that respectfore believes that she will become the queen. &8216Have I design good to deliver thee&8217She obviously has a great ambition and will do almost anything to fulfil her ambition. This shows a great evilness in her&8216And shoot the brains out&8217She is also reluctant to accept Macbeths original thought of leaving the idea alone&8216What beast was&8217t then that made you break this first step to me&8217She appears supremely confident about murdering Duncan even though Macbeth is non which also shows of her great ambition to succeed and become queen of Scotland.&8216We Fail? &8230 But rump your courage&8230 and we&8217ll not fail&8217Lady Macbeth plans the murder from a very early stage even when Macbeth is unsure of what he is to do&8216When Duncan is asleep&8230 his soggy officers, who shall bear the guilt of our great quell?Overall Lady Macbeths ambition, confidence and naivete is perhaps the major factor in pushing Macbeth into the murder of Duncan. She does not prize of the consequences of the murder so she is 100% behind Macbeth killing Macbeth, which makes it difficult for Macbeth to go against her.Another factor is Banquo. The fact that Banquo knows of what the &8216imperfect speakers&8217 said is a major factor pushing Macbeth away from killing the King. If the King were to be murdered Banquo would be suspicious and would most likely suspect Macbeth of doing the evil deed of killing the king. This would obviously put Macbeth off.Another factor is that of the Witches. Without them Macbeth would most likely not think twice about killing the king. &8216All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king thereafter&8217If someone were to just tell him this he would most likely not believe it but it was the fact that the witches had forecasted that he would be Thane of Cawdor and Thane of Glamis correctly.The witches forced him to think about being king but at first he expected to be made king without doing anything for it but he then realises there is only one way, to kill the king. This encounter with the witches has put him in two minds.