Cawdor Castle

During the seventeenth century in England, a great battle for power was taking place throughout the country. William Shakespeare captures this epic battle for power through his tragic play Macbeth. This play takes place in 11th century Scotland and is a story about a Thane called Macbeth, his rise to power and his fall. Throughout the play we see hints of whose fault it is for the actions and eventual downfall of Macbeth. Macbeth is responsible for the death of King Duncan and his fellow people…

encounter the witches when they cross a moor. The witches foretell that Macbeth will be thane of Cawdor and finally be the King of Scotland. They also prophesy that Banquo will bring a line of the kings, even though he will be never the king. Macbeth is interested by the possibility of the witches’ prophecy might be true. He visits King Duncan, and they plan to have a meal together at Macbeth’s castle. Lady Macbeth can’t suffer her husband’s uncertainty. So she persuades him to kill the king…

Macbeth was very upset with Macduff going to England. In Act 4 after Macbeth found out Macduff fled to England he said, “In fact, I’ll start following up my thoughts with actions right now. I’ll raid Macduff’s castle, seize the town of Fife, and kill his wife, his children, and anyone else unfortunate enough to stand in line for his inheritance. No more foolish talk. I will do this deed before I lose my sense of purpose.” (Pg.145) The reason why Macbeth killed…

entire life span and will never be fought off his throne until Birnam Wood marches to Dunsinane Hill. Despite the confirmation of the apparitions, Macbeth felt that it was necessary to kill Macduff. After Macbeth learned that Macduff was not in his castle, Macbeth murdered the Macduffs as a replacement for Macduff’s absence. After the Macduffs were killed, Macbeth’s ruthless ambition drove him to continue murdering one after another. Macbeth’s overconfident character drove him to believe that he…

Witches prophecy, hailing Macbeth as Thane of Glamis, which is his current title, as Thane of Cawdor, the title of another noble, and as the future King, then hailing Banquo as the father of a long line of Kings, though he would never himself rule. The two Generals shrug it off until two lord come and announce to Macbeth the King’s decision to make him Thane of Cawdor. That night, the King visits Macbeth’s castle, and Macbeth chooses to assassinate the King and seize the Throne. In the scenes…

up with the battle between the Scots and the Norwegian invaders. The Blood in the play is mostly used to represent the guilt from the characters. The blood of the people who were killed could have all been blamed on Macbeth. Macbeth is the Thane of Cawdor who led of the army. The blood that is shown in Act…

Duncan. "Methought, I heard a voice cry, ‘sleep no more! / Macbeth does murder sleep’"(2.2.47-48) Macbeth also starts to hear voices because of the murder. "Still it cried, ‘sleep no more!’ To all the house: / ‘Glamis hath murder'd sleep: and therefore Cawdor/ shall sleep no more: Macbeth shall sleep no more!’"(2.2.54-56) the second exemplification of Macbeth’s guilt is shown as he tells his wife that he will never be able get the blood of Duncan off his…

apparitions and is saying that he should not even fear Macduff since no person who was born of women can harm him. Macbeth’s reaction to Birnam wood coming to Dunsinane makes Macbeth laugh at the idea that the roots of the trees would unearth and storm the castle. He then states that since either or those things are remotely possible he will rule Scotland forever. The witches fall right into the same boat as Macbeth since them shroud Macbeth’s vision with impossible prophecy by wording them a…

Who is responsible for the bloody murders in Macbeth? In William Shakespeare 's play Macbeth, one of the main characters Macbeth in the beginning is loyal and dedicated to the King of Scotland, Duncan. Then all of a sudden everything changes, Macbeth does the unexpected and usurps King Duncan’s throne. After that Macbeth suffers hardships of maintaining his seat on the throne. Macbeth also had to get rid of many to maintain that position but was he the only one responsible for all these crimes…

other reason and leads to destruction. Macbeth puts quite a lot of trust and faith in the witches. So much so, in fact, that he leaves his castle virtually unprotected against the oncoming English army. Even when the most impossible of the witches’ prophecies comes true, Macbeth still has so much faith in the other prophecies that instead of preparing his castle for a siege, he laughs in the face of the English army. (Shakespeare 5.5 1-7) This overconfidence leads quite directly to this hero’s…