Marriage is a sacred legal union in which both parties involved swear to compromise, trust each other, communicate thoroughly, and care for each other until 'until death separates them. At the beginning of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and her husband share the anxieties and annoyances of life while maintaining a normal marital relationship. As greed and envy slowly begin to take over their minds, they succumb to behavior that is impure and unusual for their character. Throughout the play, Macbeth engages in one immoral activity after another, and he is most of the time instigated by his wife. Because Lady Macbeth suggests such disgusting and repulsive activities in the first place and Macbeth goes along with them without thinking, their husband and wife relationship is unhealthy and harmful to others. Lady Macbeth refuses to listen to her husband's wishes in Act 1, Scene 5, immediately after she reads the letter describing her experience with the 3 witches (Beauty). She said: “You are Glamis and Cawdor; and thou shalt be/That which was promised unto thee” (1.5.15-16), meaning that she expects Macbeth to be king. She wants Macbeth to fulfill the witches' second prophecy, whatever it takes. Macbeth does not feel good about murdering his neighbor. When Lady Macbeth tries to change her husband's mind, she does not support Macbeth, and support is a necessary quality to help a marriage survive (Fontaine). Once Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth to continue with his plan, she does not leave him. alone until the plan is completed to its exact specifications. At the beginning of Act 2, Macbeth is tired. Deciding to commit murder is a very serious act, so he slowly progresses with his plan, trying to unravel the situation...... middle of paper ...... he is guilty and distressed by Macbeth's actions. It is she in Act 1 who puts the idea of ​​murder in his head and it is she who pushes him to commit the other heinous and unjust murders. Although redeeming qualities such as regret and sorrow are visible in her throughout the play, it is unfair to consider her apart from Macbeth's sinister actions. Throughout the play, she taunts and manipulates her husband and pushes him to act without thinking of the consequences, demonstrating that their relationship is unhealthy and will cause harm to everyone around them.Works CitedFontaine, Maria. “Qualities of a good marriage.” Ministries activated. 2006. Internet. March 27, 2010La Belle, Jenijoy. “A strange infirmity.” Folger Shakespeare Library. 1980. the canvas. March 27, 2010. Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Washington Square Press. New York, 1992. Print.