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Role in Trial: Juror

I think that Lady Macbeth is guilty, and though we already know that Macbeth is too, the hearing today didn’t have enough solid evidence against him. For Lady Macbeth, what convinced me was her hallucinations. Though she claimed that her hallucinations stemmed from the death of her Siamese cat when she was younger, this story takes place in the 1600s, and Siamese cats weren't introduced to Europe until the 20th century. So Lady Macbeth was obviously lying, though she was sworn to tell the truth in court. Also, because her explanation was a lie, she was very clearly hallucinating about getting blood off of her hands, which relates to Duncan's murder. So I think she is guilty of Duncan's murder. For Macbeth, there was no solid evidence against him. The murderer convinced the court that he killed Banquo for his own reasons, and Banquo only knew that two men killed him, none of which seem to be connected to Macbeth. And when Duncan's ghost was called to the stand, he testified that he was asleep during the incident, and couldn’t get a good look at who killed him. So I'm forced to believe that Lady Macbeth killed Duncan, and Macbeth is innocent.