Lack of Trust
(Solution to the Problem) Do you ever get the feeling that someone you know is untrustworthy? Is there ever a time when you put your full trust into someone and they completely crush it by lying or betraying you? In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, the trust between Macbeth and King Duncan soon becomes broken. In the play Macbeth, and his best friend, Banquo go to war together and fight with great honor. Macbeth guts a man in war, which shows his heroism. When Duncan hears about what he has done he immediately names Macbeth the new Thane of Cawdor. “It is for this bravery, including fighting his way through a line of soldiers to get to the traitor Macdonwald, that Macbeth was promoted.” (Katherine Litterman) When Macbeth …show more content…
Even though Macbeth never showed a sign of untrustworthiness, a king that rules a great country should know that letting someone in that easily is not such a good idea. Duncan should have been more cautious with his immediate decision considering his last Thane of Cawdor was a traitor. “The last Thane of Cawdor lost his title because he helped Norway in the last battle between Scotland. He died nobly confessing and repenting his crimes.” (Carter Reinslope) Duncan’s actions by giving Macbeth the title really just showed Macbeth that he could easily get anything from Duncan, which made him get a big head that then led to Macbeth wanting to take his own King’s title away from him. Clearly, Duncan made a prominent mistake by basically just handing Macbeth the title of Thane of …show more content…
Although Duncan made an honest mistake that anyone could have easily made as well, it still got him into a world of trouble. “Near the beginning of the play, Duncan worshiped Macbeth for what he did on the battlefield and trusted him a lot because he was his cousin.” (Kim Suhe) It should be a given that you can trust your family members, but as a leader and king of the great nation of Scotland Duncan should have taken into consideration the consequences of trusting anyone. Duncan said himself that he trusted the original Thane of Cawdor one hundred percent and he still became a traitor. Clearly, just because Macbeth was his cousin didn’t mean that Duncan should have immediately trusted him to gain that much power and
(Solution to the Problem) Do you ever get the feeling that someone you know is untrustworthy? Is there ever a time when you put your full trust into someone and they completely crush it by lying or betraying you? In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, the trust between Macbeth and King Duncan soon becomes broken. In the play Macbeth, and his best friend, Banquo go to war together and fight with great honor. Macbeth guts a man in war, which shows his heroism. When Duncan hears about what he has done he immediately names Macbeth the new Thane of Cawdor. “It is for this bravery, including fighting his way through a line of soldiers to get to the traitor Macdonwald, that Macbeth was promoted.” (Katherine Litterman) When Macbeth …show more content…
Even though Macbeth never showed a sign of untrustworthiness, a king that rules a great country should know that letting someone in that easily is not such a good idea. Duncan should have been more cautious with his immediate decision considering his last Thane of Cawdor was a traitor. “The last Thane of Cawdor lost his title because he helped Norway in the last battle between Scotland. He died nobly confessing and repenting his crimes.” (Carter Reinslope) Duncan’s actions by giving Macbeth the title really just showed Macbeth that he could easily get anything from Duncan, which made him get a big head that then led to Macbeth wanting to take his own King’s title away from him. Clearly, Duncan made a prominent mistake by basically just handing Macbeth the title of Thane of …show more content…
Although Duncan made an honest mistake that anyone could have easily made as well, it still got him into a world of trouble. “Near the beginning of the play, Duncan worshiped Macbeth for what he did on the battlefield and trusted him a lot because he was his cousin.” (Kim Suhe) It should be a given that you can trust your family members, but as a leader and king of the great nation of Scotland Duncan should have taken into consideration the consequences of trusting anyone. Duncan said himself that he trusted the original Thane of Cawdor one hundred percent and he still became a traitor. Clearly, just because Macbeth was his cousin didn’t mean that Duncan should have immediately trusted him to gain that much power and