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    war for Scotland and returned. On his return he ran into these three witches in which they told Macbeth he would be Thane of Cawdor and later the King of Scotland. After reaching Scotland the king placed him into the Thane of Cawdor. Later on the royals would celebrate the achievement of Macbeth. They all partied and possibly had a little too much to drink in the process. Everyone went to sleep and that’s when darkness arose. Lady Macbeth completely convinced Macbeth to kill King Duncan. Macbeth

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    considers murdering Duncan he spots a “dagger of the mind” (2.1.50) that guides him to the room where the king is sleeping. Macbeth continues to think is his mind playing mind games with him. For example‚ he believes that the dagger is covered with imaginary blood which makes him second guess about killing Duncan. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth goes in for the kill and goes into his room and kill him. “O horror‚ horror‚ horror!” (2.3.59) Macbeth goes running from out the room saying that King Duncan has been killed

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    Macduff were trusted by the people of Scotland and King Duncan because they were loyal noble friends. "The thane of Cawdor will never again betray me. Go announce that he will be executed and tell Macbeth that Cawdor’s title will be given to him". King Duncan basically gave the crown to Macbeth and said he wouldn’t be betrayed again because he was a trusted friend to him and the people of Scotland trusted him as well. In the story of Macbeth‚ Macbeth killed Duncan and Banquo because he was selfish and

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    tragic death‚ have each fled to England and Ireland. Meanwhile Macbeth‚ the Thane of Glamis and Cawdor‚ will take the Scottish throne after his heroic service under the late King Duncan’s rule. Early this morning‚ horror enveloped the hearts of Scotland as the news of King Duncan’s death spread‚ having been ruthlessly murdered in his sleep by his two drunk chamberlains who stabbed him brutally in the heart. At the discovery of what had occurred by the Thane of Fife‚ Macbeth‚ the Thane of Glamis

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    is that?" in these‚ the opening words of the play’s second scene‚ King Duncan asks about a sergeant. The sergeant then tells the story of Macbeth’s heroic victories over Macdonwald and the King of Norway. The sergeant’s telling of the story is in itself heroic‚ because his loss of blood has made him weak. Thus his blood and his heroism seem to enhance the picture of Macbeth as a hero. As Lady Macbeth plans to kill King Duncan‚ she calls upon the spirits of murder to "make thick my blood; stop up

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    murdered. He decided to fight like a man to get revenge on Macbeth (Act IV‚ scene 3). Macduff reacting the way he did showed that he was a true hero. The biggest difference between Macbeth and Macduff was the reason they killed. Macbeth had killed King Duncan

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    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

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    Power given to the right people can be the greatest thing in the world‚ but power given to the wrong people can be bad for the people around them. At first Macbeth was a very noble knight who followed the orders of King Duncan who treated him very well‚ and Macbeth’s fate was not to be king. Macbeth went against fate and ended up killing many of his friends and the people around him. Samson was given Godly strength in order to fight against his enemies and perform heroic tasks. Samson gave all that

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    Hamlett June 6‚ 2011 Journal of Macbeth Act 1 I was very confused at the beginning of the play. I thought it was weird with the witches‚ and I was still getting used to the old English language. I thought it started to get interesting when the witches had told Macbeth that he would become the Thane of Cawdor and then he actually did! I think this is what starts Macbeth’s ambition towards the series of events that will happen in the play. I think that the first three scenes in Act 1 set the dark

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    Lady Macbeth satisfies her role among the high society and is well respected like her husband. The King of Scotland‚ King Duncan‚ calls her "our honoured hostess." She shows great affection towards Macbeth but at the same time very ambitious‚ as shown by her reaction to the prophecies given to him. She immediately decides that "the fastest way" for Macbeth to become king is to murder King Duncan. When Lady Macbeth hears of the prophecies given to her husband her true character is exposed for the

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