King Duncan

At the beginning of the play, Macbeth seems like a fine guy with loyalty to the king, but little do you know that a case of insanity is below the surface. In the second scene of the play, King Duncan gets a report from a devoted servant about Macbeth during a recent war which tells of his progress in the battlefield. The servant tells of how brave and ferocious of a fighter he is by impaling…

Macbeth where he informs her of the three witches prophecies. Once she finishes reading the letter, she decides that she will manipulate Macbeth into murdering King Duncan, by criticising his ‘manhood'. From this point, the scene takes a dark turn. Whilst she is plotting the murder, her mind is brought to Macbeth possibly failing to kill Duncan due to his benevolence. When Lady Macbeth uses the following metaphor, "the milk of human kindness", she implies that his honour and goodwill are his…

Compare the presentation of those in power in ‘Macbeth’, ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’. In this essay I am writing to compare those in power of ‘Macbeth’, ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ specifically in terms of gender, class and status also the good and evil power in the context of the 16th and 19th century. Shakespeare opens the play ‘Macbeth’ with witches. I think he does this to show how great the power of evil can be. The weather is described as ‘thunder and…

Banquo values people around him specially the king as he says, “ I lose none in seeking to augment it…..I shall be consell’d”. This quote shows that Banquo will not give up his loyalty for power. Later, when Macbeth murdered Duncan, Banquo had a suspicion that Macbeth might have adapted wrong path in order to be the king but still he remains quiet as he thought Macbeth is a loyal friend so he says that, “ Merciful powers restrain on…

42-45). Upon learning of the witches prophecy for Macbeth to become king, Lady Macbeth is more than willing to go to the extreme length of giving up her humanity and compassion in order to follow her ambition…

Comparative commentary of Act 3 scene 2 and Act 1 scene 5 In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, it is quite impossible to read Act 3 scene 2 without making allusion to Act 1 scene 5. These two very rich scenes are both opened by the very amazing character, Lady Macbeth who has a very vital role in the work. Act 1 scene introduces the audience for the first time to Lady Macbeth, a woman who appears to greatly influence her husband, Macbeth and who takes the role of the “man” in her couple.…

extremely well. We see the titular character’s cortege of mistakes follow him into the well of madness as he slides deeper and deeper toward his doom without his own realization. From his almost pure indecision over the matter of slaughter of his beloved King, to his fearful hallucinations leading up to the disposal of his best friend. These are just a few of the key elements that show us the man’s fall into madness before his fall on the battlefield. The main driving force that leads Macbeth…

and that he would be the next king. Then they told Banquo that he will not be as happy or greater than Macbeth, but he will be happier and greater than he was at that currant moment. The Weïrd Sisters gave Banquo his final…

witches predict that Macbeth will become, saying “Hail Macbeth, who shalt be king hereafter!” The witches’ foreshadowing set off Macbeth’s determination to gain the throne by any means possible, starting a chain of events leading to the deaths of many nobles. One such noble was King Duncan himself, killed in his sleep at the hands of Macbeth. In Macbeth’s soliloquy, as he is about whether or not he should kill is met with the king, he says “Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my…

The witches told Banquo, “thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.” (Shakespeare IV, i, 70). Although Banquo himself would not be king, they were to be in his lineage. His son would later become king. The witches use prevarication to tell Banquo that the kings will continue to family, which this drives Macbeth to try to change fate and decide to kill Banquo and his son. Macbeth isn’t told the whole…