King Duncan

Banquo run into three witches. In the witches prophecies, the third witch told Macbeth, “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!.”(1:3,50-54). Macbeth was notified he would gain power and become the King of Scotland. All though during the witches prophecies, Duncan was the King of Scottland during that time. He believed that he would not be king if Duncan was the next to be king. Macbeth follows the witches prophecies which…

me. Macbeth says that Duncan is a good king, a humble leader and he is also free of corruption if it is all true then what good reason do you have to kill such a person, other than your own ambition and greed. Especially when the King treats and trusts Macbeth so much, it is unethical for Macbeth to kill…

gentleman” (1.2.26), whom for his loyalty to Scotland gets promoted to the Thane of Cawdor by King Duncan. Furthermore, Macbeth is told of his future reign as king by the three Weird Sisters. This news alongside his wife, Lady Macbeth, draws out the evil which resides deep inside of him. Lady Macbeth believes “[Macbeth’s] nature [(on its own)] […] is too full o[f] th[e] milk of human kindness” (1.5.16-17) to be king. Therefore, she wishes to the spirits to “unsex [her] now” (1.5.48) and make her…

Lady Macbeth is responsible for the murder of King Duncan. Lady Macbeth had convinced her husband, Macbeth, to murder King Duncan right after he had shared his new objectiveness towards their plan of murder. He had declared that “We will proceed no further in this business”( I,vii,32). Macbeth was steadfast in his decision explaining how Duncan had been nothing but kind to him until Lady Macbeth had inquired him if he was drunk earlier and if he could change his decision so suddenly, would he…

King Duncan and his guards went to Macbeth's castle to stay for the night to celebrate Macbeth's title as Thane of Cawdor. King Duncan was found dead with stab wounds in his chest in Macbeth castle in Inverness. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth think King Duncan's Guards killed him while they were drunk. Reasons to why he was killed are unknown. There were no witnesses to the crime, but one of the people in the castle, wanting to remain anonymous said they heard talk of such events going on in the…

eager for the throne but both strive for it in different ways. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth originally plotted the evil scheme to murder King Duncan for assurance of the crown, but Macbeth suddenly realizes that’s not what he wants to do anymore. He believes that he will eventually rise into power. Macbeth reminds himself that he is a loyal citizen towards King Duncan and “as his host/ Who should against his murderer shut the door/ Not bear the knife [himself]” (ln 14-16). Later at a dinner…

The murder of Duncan by Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, can be considered to be one of the most crucial parts of the play Macbeth, written by Shakespeare. It was only after the murder of Duncan did Macbeth have no other option but to continue his endeavor: becoming king. The song “Smooth Criminal” by Michael Jackson best represents act 2 scene 2 of Macbeth. Both pieces contain a similar tense and suspenseful mood. In Macbeth, after the murder of King Duncan had elapsed, Macbeth and Lady…

Macbeth’s soliloquy: I.7 Macbeth is standing alone at the beginning of the scene, contemplating on killing King Duncan. It’s clear that Macbeth knows what he’s about to do is wrong and in fact feels that his time will come for what he will do. This is evident when Macbeth states “handed justice/Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice/To our own lips.” Macbeth demonstrates with this quote that justice will play its role in life and what you do against other will come back to hurt you.…

signal to the reader what is to come. After the witches told Macbeth that he would become king one day, Macbeth started to take matters into his own hands. The story of Macbeth is a poem written by Shakespeare in the early 1600s. The Tragedy of Macbeth is about Macbeth finding out that he will soon become king, then after he finds out he kills the present king. After he kills Duncan (king) he then becomes king and gets caught up in killing. After killing a few more people, him and his wife…

Macbeth was a courageous and loyal servant to his king and country. He was a war hero and fought to protect his homeland, Scotland. Macbeth had no hatred for the king, rather pure adoration and respect. He was appreciated by the people of Scotland. They saw his heroism as protection during battle. Not only did the people hold him in high regard, but also his military peers. The captain, for example, noticed his fearlessness and told Duncan, “Brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name), /…