How significant is the theme of betrayal in the play Macbeth?
Betrayal is a big part in the play, Macbeth betrays his king and leader when he kills him, King Duncan trusted Macbeth with his life, obviously shouldn’t have! King Duncan was innocent but Lady Macbeth and Macbeth desperately wanted Macbeth to become king. I don’t think Macbeth wanted to kill Duncan but he sort of had to for his wife was sure he was going to make a perfect king, much better than Duncan. The betrayal is a big part in the scene of Duncans murder when Lady Macbeth drunkens the guards framing them so it will look like they murdered him and when they sneak into King Duncans bed chamber without him knowing and killing him.
Lady Macbeth is a big part of betrayal; she is sort of betraying Macbeth making him …show more content…
These betrayals are right in the eyes of Macbeth because he is doing what he thinks he should do to keep his power and not to be found out of all the stuff he has done. Banquo, the same as King Duncan, trusted Macbeth he would never have thought that it was all because of Macbeth that he was killed. When Macbeth sees Banquos ghost at the dinner party I think this is a sign that Macbeth really didn’t want to do the deed. Lady Macbeth didn’t know anything about the murder of Banquo which is surprising as I think she is one of the main characters with betrayal inside her. Although Banquo was there when he was talking to the 3 witches I don’t think Banquo would have been a threat to Macbeth, Banquo was a friend and trusted Macbeth. Macbeth didn’t need to kill him but it shows that he has the power to get murderers to do it for him. Macbeth tried to kill Banqous son, Fleance, but he managed to get away as Banquo made him so he wouldn’t get killed and so that he wouldn’t have to see his father being killed by the