Duncan I of Scotland

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    Essay The essay topic I choose to write on is Faith vs Freewill. Faith and free will are two very big things in the play and it has a bad effect. Macbeth experiences a lot of character change throughout the play and becomes a completely different character by the end of the play because of his “faith”. This is because of the prophecy the witches have promised him. Macbeth later gets greedy and does everything he can in order to have power and become the new king Scotland. What he does is is not…

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    irrationally and irresponsibly in order to reach their desired goal. The temptation of power can cause a person to act irrationally in order appease their longing for control. Macbeth writes to his wife about his chance to be king of Scotland and concludes that he must kill King Duncan to become the next king. Macbeth is at first…

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    prophecies was that he will become the king of Scotland. Because of this prophecy, Macbeth’s ambition and actions persuaded by Lady Macbeth made Macbeth kill King Duncan. This becomes a guilt that he has to overcome as the play goes on. As a king of Scotland, Macbeth manages his destiny by believing his prophecies will come true. He keeps his rulership of the Scottish kingdom by murdering everyone that would find out his sin of killing King Duncan. Throughout the play, Macbeth tries to…

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    Lady Macbeth's Crimes

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    do if I became Queen for being apart of a crime that no one but you knew about? Call me Queen Lady Macbeth, I am from the play Macbeth written by Shakespeare himself. It is a tragedy play and I am the wife of the protagonist. The play is set in Scotland in the castle. I am not that rich, but not that poor either. As you can see i am the Queen after Macbeth murdered Duncan the previous King of Scotland. I honestly don’t even know why he was King he didn’t do a very good job anyways. Yes I am a…

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    their followers to a greater outcome. At the beginning of the book Macbeth, Macduff, and Malcolm were all well respected. Macbeth was praised for killing the leader of King Duncan's traitors. The captain, King Duncan, and his people praised him. “O valiant cousin! worthy gentleman!” (I. i. 26) His bravery earned him the title, Thane of Cawdor. Malcolm was King Duncan's eldest son and next in line for the throne. Macduff was also a man well known for being a Scottish noble. They were not as…

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    Macbeth being a “murderer” is what lead him to becoming king is what most people said. King Duncan I was a very bad leader and did not lead Scotland as well as Macbeth was proven to do. Duncan had fled back to Scotland after leading dangerous campaign into Northumbria. At this time Macbeth was described by chronicles that he could be a “liberal king who has a ruddy countenance”(Hartson). By a liberal king…

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    to have power and pushed Macbeth to murder Duncan so he could become king. As time passed his lust for power grew and turned him into a murderer. Lady Macbeth, in The Tragedy of Macbeth, was eager to convince Macbeth to kill king Duncan, eager so that her husband could become King of Scotland. After her and Macbeth murdered Duncan, everything had changed for them. For instance, Lady Macbeth had went mentally and emotionally unstable after murdering Duncan. The doctor had examined Lady Macbeth…

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    witches went up to him and gave him a prophecy that he will become King of Scotland and Thane of Cawdor. Very soon after Macbeth’s encounter with the witches he receives word from some other thanes that King Duncan of Scotland…

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    also a lot of bad things have gone on. Duncan is the king of Scotland. His language is formal and his speeches are full of grace. He is the representative of God on earth. Duncan has many strengths and weaknesses for himself. Some of his strengths are he is generous and sensitive. A weakness he has is he is too wimpy to be a king. Duncan is also a very trusted person. Duncan seems to be a very kind hearted person that just too nice to be a king and rule Scotland. He may be a warrior but he is…

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    primarily chose the evil over good by choosing to kill King Duncan. Later by choosing to kill his best friend Banquo. Finally by ruling as a tyrant over Scotland. He had the reasons to choose the good decision but never failed to go with the wrong decision. The first situation when Macbeth chose the wrong decision is when he decided to kill King Duncan. He had ample…

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