King. When King Duncan was killed they do everything that they possibly can to find out who murdered the King and to properly hand the killer the consequences. Macbeth is not like Macduff or Banquo. He is very dishonest and full of deceit. He is also very instigative and conniving. Although he was loyal to King Duncan‚ Macbeth killed King Duncan so he would receive the throne and be the King of Scotland. Although he was already in the blood line of becoming the King of Scotland. Macduff and Banquo
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Macbeth‚ a tragedy by Shakespeare‚ begins with Macbeth as the protagonist in Act I. He is a war hero and beloved by the King of Scotland. The witches prophesize that Macbeth will soon become King‚ and readers cheer him on. However‚ throughout the play‚ readers’ views on Macbeth change. Instead of being seen as the protagonist‚ Macbeth develops into the antagonist. Two key death scenes further this image of Macbeth: the murder and attempted murder of Banquo and his son‚ Fleance; and the murders of
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of the evil King Duncan by slaying him. At first‚ we see him that as a headstrong‚ brave and intense hero and we begin to root for him. That is until Macbeth kills Duncan in way that demonstrates his lust for power. This further proves Shakespeare’s desire to explain heroism as a potentially destructive journey rather than a challenge ridden path with a happily-ever-after ending like many of today’s predictable stories of
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In the course of his conversation with Macduff‚ Malcolm lists the ‘king-becoming graces’. Duncan is the lawful king of Scotland‚ and is portrayed as virtous‚ strong and just. At the start of the play he has defeated his enemies. Duncan’s murder is greeted with dismay and horror because it is attack against God and an attack on the whole notion of order. It is
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General named Macbeth is trying to take the throne of Scotland‚ however he kills people to reach his goal‚ with the help of his wife Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth encourages and manipulates Macbeth to use his power for violence against pothers to get the throne of Scotland. Macbeth is a brave and courageous general who has earned everyone’s respect. However‚ Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth to preform evil duties to take the throne of Scotland. “ Art thou afeard/ To be the same in thine own act and
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Macbeth Soundtrack 1. I Just Can’t Wait to be King- Lion King Act 1 Scene 5 The song I Just Can’t Wait to be King‚ which appears in the movie The Lion King‚ is about Simba yearning to be king. This mimics Macbeth’s state of mind after he hears the witches’ three predictions‚ the last of them being of him becoming a king. As soon as he heard the prediction‚ he got so enthralled that he didn’t listen to reason‚ or even question the validity of the witches’. In Act 1 Scene 5‚ in his letter to
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Macbeth needed to kill King Duncan in order to get closer to his goal of becoming King but was scared. Macbeth states‚ “[I]f th’ assassination/ Could trammel up the consequence and catch‚/ With his surcease‚ success; that but this blow/ Might be the be-all and the end-all here‚/ But here‚ upon this bank and shoal of time‚/ We’d
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power is increased‚ he craves more power and starts to believe that the only way he can get to the throne is by killing Duncan‚ the
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considerably more insane‚ than any other figure conceived by the playwright. The woman in question is Lady Macbeth‚ fallen queen of Scotland; of all the tragic characters portrayed in Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth is perhaps the single most tormented and increasingly unstable. Lady Macbeth fulfills her role among the nobility and is well respected like Macbeth. King Duncan calls her "our honored hostess." Macbeth’s wife‚ a deeply ambitious woman who
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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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