Ultimately, I do not think you can give Lady Macbeth all the blame for her husband's downfall. I think she helped him along, but it is clearly his own responsibility as well.
Macbeth's ambition is not awakened by anything his wife does. Instead, it is awakened by what the witches tell him. So he is already ambitious before we even see Lady Macbeth.
In addition, Lady Macbeth does not force Macbeth to do anything. True, she pushes him towards doing evil, but he is the one who ultimately decides and he does not seem to resist very hard either.
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