Trust Issues
(William Shakespeare Macbeth solutions)
Imagine sitting in the court house in the court room, in the spectator section, listening on the murder trial taking place. Your twenty-two year old daughter eighteen months prior turned up missing. Later finding her body and linking the evidence back to one man. That same man sitting heartless, calm, cold blooded in the chair. When asked, “Sir, did you commit this crime, did you kill Leah on the night of February 12?” Immediately he answers, “No, I did not,” without showing any emotion. You think to yourself lying in bed that night, how he could kill my daughter than lie straight to my face. After all he’s put my family through; you’d at least think he’d have the decency to admit to his …show more content…
From the time that one is young, they start telling little lies that do no harm. As years pass and the lying goes on and becomes more frequent, one gets really good at it. Lying makes someone untrustworthy; not being honest or telling the truth. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the trust between Macbeth and King Duncan soon becomes broken. In this play, Macbeth and his friend, Banquo, go to war, fight, kill, and gut a man. Duncan, hearing of Macbeth’s great honor, names the warrior the Thane of Cawdor. King-Kok Cheung stated in his article, “Hearing of this bloody victory, Duncan declares, ‘O valiant cousin! Worthy gentlemen!’ Then meets with Ross and Angus who report that the Thane of Cawdor’s should be awarded to the noblest warrior, Macbeth.” With all of the trust issues, they could have been resolved if Duncan wouldn’t have immediately trust Macbeth with the title, gave equal credibility to both deserved warriors, and wouldn’t have …show more content…
By going to war and killing someone so viciously, Duncan saw that has he been trustworthy, and loyal, so was fast to think that he was deserving of Thane of Cawdor. “The last Thane of Cawdor lost his title because he helped Norway in the last battle against Scotland,” said by Johnathan Goldberg. Macbeth, by receiving such power so easily made him realize that he could get what he wanted from Duncan. He also jumped to the conclusion that he needed more power, he needed to be king. He longed for the throne, and if betraying his cousin Duncan do achieve what he wanted, then so be it. Clearly, Duncan made a mistake by handing Macbeth the title of Thane of Cawdor so
(William Shakespeare Macbeth solutions)
Imagine sitting in the court house in the court room, in the spectator section, listening on the murder trial taking place. Your twenty-two year old daughter eighteen months prior turned up missing. Later finding her body and linking the evidence back to one man. That same man sitting heartless, calm, cold blooded in the chair. When asked, “Sir, did you commit this crime, did you kill Leah on the night of February 12?” Immediately he answers, “No, I did not,” without showing any emotion. You think to yourself lying in bed that night, how he could kill my daughter than lie straight to my face. After all he’s put my family through; you’d at least think he’d have the decency to admit to his …show more content…
From the time that one is young, they start telling little lies that do no harm. As years pass and the lying goes on and becomes more frequent, one gets really good at it. Lying makes someone untrustworthy; not being honest or telling the truth. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the trust between Macbeth and King Duncan soon becomes broken. In this play, Macbeth and his friend, Banquo, go to war, fight, kill, and gut a man. Duncan, hearing of Macbeth’s great honor, names the warrior the Thane of Cawdor. King-Kok Cheung stated in his article, “Hearing of this bloody victory, Duncan declares, ‘O valiant cousin! Worthy gentlemen!’ Then meets with Ross and Angus who report that the Thane of Cawdor’s should be awarded to the noblest warrior, Macbeth.” With all of the trust issues, they could have been resolved if Duncan wouldn’t have immediately trust Macbeth with the title, gave equal credibility to both deserved warriors, and wouldn’t have …show more content…
By going to war and killing someone so viciously, Duncan saw that has he been trustworthy, and loyal, so was fast to think that he was deserving of Thane of Cawdor. “The last Thane of Cawdor lost his title because he helped Norway in the last battle against Scotland,” said by Johnathan Goldberg. Macbeth, by receiving such power so easily made him realize that he could get what he wanted from Duncan. He also jumped to the conclusion that he needed more power, he needed to be king. He longed for the throne, and if betraying his cousin Duncan do achieve what he wanted, then so be it. Clearly, Duncan made a mistake by handing Macbeth the title of Thane of Cawdor so