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Role Of Bullying In Macbeth
How did Macbeth choose the wrong path by bullying and abusing? Bullies can have many characteristics such as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth like to cause terror by killing people and intending to harm them in many ways. Macbeth is a horrible human being. Macbeth has been bullying people who was around him and even let some of those people control him. Macbeth could start to teach teens to start bullying people. Macbeth is getting carried away by all this commotion surrounding him. Macbeth is killing people that trusted him. Macbeth was abusing his power to become king instead of staying Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth is abusing the power of being the King of Scotland. He has became a Tyrant King.
Macbeth intended to harm others to stay King of Scotland.
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What are Macbeth’s children supposed to be? They will surely not be kings because of Banquo’s children and that's why Macbeth wants to kill Banquo.Banquo tells Macbeth that he had a dream about the three weird witches and they showed some truth. Macbeth doesn't know that the witches are really doing harm to him and that they changed an innocent man to a man that destroys, kill and harm innocent human beings. That’s why Macbeth wants to kill Banquo because he wants his kids to be king and not Banquo’s. So the murderers got to Banquo’s house and killed Banquo but Fleance was able to get away because Banquo told him to run so he wouldn’t get harmed like he did. Macbeth is blaming it on Fleance because he ran away to not be killed and be safe. When it was really Macbeth’s murderers that was the one who killed …show more content…
He thought Macduff was a serious threat to him because what the apparitions told him. They said “Beware, Beware, Beware! Macduff”. So he told the three murderers to go after the Macduff family but Macduff went to go get Malcolm in England. So the murderers came to the Macduff family house and kill Lady Macduff and killed their son. Macduff blames himself for not being there but what can you do if your in England so he chose to kill Macbeth because he knows that he was the one behind his family death. Young Siward wanted to know Macbeth’s name and Macbeth was acting ignorant not wanting to tell him his name because he said it would be a frightful name you were going to hear. Young Siward called Macbeth’s name devilish and he started to pick a fight and drew his sword to Macbeth. Macbeth had killed Young

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