Although Duncan is a superior king‚ after Macbeth encounters with the 3 witches he becomes tempted to kill Duncan because of greed‚ insecurity and hopelessness. Macbeth is almost convinced by his wife to kill Duncan‚ “I have no spur/ To prick the sides of my intent‚ but only/ Vaulting ambition‚ which o’erleaps itself/ And falls on the other” (1.7.25-28) but the integrity and righteousness inside him keeps him from committing murder. He then worries he will make a bad decision and kills Duncan anyways
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king Duncan‚ so that he‚ can become king. Macbeth is alone and starts hallucinating. He believes he sees a dagger‚ which he is supposed to kill Duncan with‚ but he cannot tell if it is just his brain taking over‚ or if there is an actual Dagger in front of him. When he does realize it is just his fevered brain‚ he then believes it is time to commit the crime because the more he waits‚ the more he feels as if he cannot kill Duncan. “I go‚ and it is done. The bell invites me./ Hear it not‚ Duncan‚ for
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Can you imagine putting yourself on the line for someone you believed in‚ only for them to stab you in the back? That is what happened to a man named Duncan in the play Macbeth by Shakespeare. Shakespeare uses characters and children as symbols to convey his theme that one’s appearance does not show their true intention. Macbeth was the name of an ordinary man who soon became known to many due to the fact that he was an amazing warrior. When the King heard the news of a man who slayed many other
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Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are truly partners - united by what seemed to be like their conspiracy to kill our beloved King Duncan. We have recently been sent a recording of a conversation between Macbeth and his wife by an anonymous person which have given us the most shocking news and led us to wonder how dominant Lady Macbeth is over Macbeth. It is crystal clear that Lady Macbeth was influential in Macbeth’s horrendous act of killing the King. She feared that Macbeth was “full of th’ milk of
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used throughout the play‚ and are very important in the understanding of the play. The first two soliloquies show Macbeth’s through process and opinions on what course of action to take before he kills Duncan. The following two soliloquies show his thought process after he is committed to killing Duncan‚ and much of his hesitation in doing so. These soliloquies are key to the story‚ and if we didn’t have they the play would be much harder to understand. Overall‚ these soliloquies show Macbeth’s humanity
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how deception has resulted in the death of Duncan and Macbeth and the suffering of many other characters in the play. Duncan makes the mistake of trusting the thane of Cawdor at the beginning of the play. This is an example of Duncan’s fatal flaw that he is too trusting of others. “He was a man on whom I built an absolute trust”. Duncan was deceived in this instance but this had no-where near the affect the deception of Macbeth had on him. After Duncan ordered the execution of the Thane of Cawdor
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Macbeth. " Hie thee hither‚ That I may pour my spirits in thine ear And chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round. " - Lady Macbeth in Act 1 Scene V. Pressuring‚ manipulating and forcing her own husband to kill Duncan‚ the King and Macbeth’s friend‚ Lady Macbeth placed her husband on such a large guilt trip it causes him to commit murder and kill the king and his once friends. Lady Macbeth’s pressure on Macbeth to kill Duncan caused a domino effect on the play
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king and Lady Macbeth took action. Lady Macbeth had very power-hungry ambitions. Her ambition was so big and it got out of hand and it affected Macbeth. Her ambition led him to be the man that he turned out to be. Macbeth hesitated to kill Duncan since Duncan rewarded him with Thane of Cawdor. Lady Macbeth went out of her way and started manipulating Macbeth. She claimed that he was a coward and remarked that he was too “kind.” Lady Macbeth would be considered the antagonist of the play: Ambition
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always be afraid to act upon his desire‚ she calls him the poor cat in the story‚ as Macbeth being the cat and wanting to become the next king‚ but he doesn’t have the guts for taking the next step. “I would‚ ” Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage? “ Lady Macbeth then encourages Macbeth to kill Duncan and Macbeth then kills him‚ she creates a monster by manipulating Macbeth but later on her conscience influences her‚ she’s consumed by guilt and madness‚ so
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trying to do everything that she can to convince Macbeth that she can kill king Duncan. “But screw your courage to the sticking-place‚ and we’ll not fail…” Speech Lady Macbeth does not feel guilty about the dead of King Duncan. “A little water clears us of this deed: How easy is it then!” Thoughts She doesn’t regret anything and she is obviously doing what she thinks is best for all. “My hands are of your color‚ but I shame/To wear a heart so white.” Interactions She wants Macbeth to go along
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