Macbeth as the Factor in the Murder of Duncan
The play “Macbeth” was written in 1606 by William Shakespeare and is a
dramatic play. The play has murder, ambition, betrayal and
destruction. From the start of the play there is a sense that
something isn’t quite right. The 1st scene has witches( in this period
many people believed in witchcraft so this makes it a very good start)
these represent evil. When Macbeth the main character is introduced he
is said to be “brave” and a “noble” solider, however by the end of
the play he is greedy bloodthirsty who betrayed his king. I believe
that the murder was brought about by ambition because it is lady
Macbeths and Macbeths ambitions that go so far that they kill Duncan,
Macbeth seeks power, whereas Banquo who was with Macbeth when they
meet the witches, doesn’t think about what the have said. Lady Macbeth
wants to become Queen. The other factors could be the witches, Fate
Macbeth, L. Macbeth and Duncan.
The witches appear at the start of the play, this would have been
dramatically very effective because in this period most people were
scared of witches and believed what they said. They believed that
witches could; Make people ill by spells and potions that could kill,
even the strongest. They thought witches could fly though the air and
make themselves invisible. Lastly Jacobeans thought that they used
animals to hide evil spirits who served them.
James I was terrified of witches because he thought that a group of
them made a storm to try and kill him, then have a wax statue of him
melt and die. Consequently a Jacobean audience would instantly know
they were witches by the way they wo...
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...d let nature take its course to see who would
become king and fate shouldn’t be changed.
It is lady Macbeths fault that the murder took place because it was
her idea to kill Duncan and it was her who persuaded Macbeth to do it.
However Macbeth was the person who actually killed Duncan and some may
argue that it was his fault for being weak and being to easily
persuaded by Lady Macbeth, and did he always want to murder Duncan but
he just needed pushing from lady Macbeth and she knows that he is weak
and needs pushing “And live a coward” she knows that he is not very
strong minded. Macbeth was most likely not to become king unless he
interfered so he had listened to what the witches had said but then he
was fuelled by ambition to become king. Finally I think that ambition
is the biggest factor in the murder of Duncan
In Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, the third murderers identity is unknown and it is never revealed at the end of the play. But there are some clues throughout the story that suggests Lady Macbeth could be the unknown third murderer. Lady Macbeth could be the third murderer in Macbeth because she shows signs of wanting to be like a man, she is the one that influenced Macbeth to kill Duncan, and because she shows signs of extreme guilt later in the story. With these three pieces of evidence, Lady Macbeth is shown to be the third murderer in Macbeth.
There is a man who is a head of state. He is a very powerful man and is
There is much speculation as to who the third murderer is who assisted in the slaying of Banquo. Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and one of the Weird sisters are a few of the best candidates as to filling this role. Each of these three main characters has their own motive as to why they would want to join in on the assassination. Out of these three possibilities of filling this third murderer's role, all have reasons as to why they could or could not fill the position.
to plan out her murder on Duncan to ensure that her husband is to be
character, and she was the one making the effort in striving for Macbeth's success. Lady
Through the quest of being king to the thought out murders, Macbeth did his deeds that led him to the place he wanted to be, but was it an accomplish or a plead for being guilty? Lady Macbeth led her husband Macbeth to take action in making a plot for murder to anguish the being of himself and his wife’s rise above to king and queen. Macbeths uncertainty and questioning towards his quest of the murders left him in shame and guilt, Although Macbeths wife set her husband on the quest for them to become royalty Macbeth went further into the plan and lady Macbeth slowly stepped away. Throughout the whole play, Macbeth held the most power to influence the actions of others. Macbeth held the action to murder the king to take his place and when all failed, the people suspected Macbeth to the murder and Macbeth killed his very close friend that was full of suspicion hoping it would all go away.
In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth is a classic example of a tragic hero who is constantly struggling with his fate. In the opening scene of the play Macbeth receives a prophecy from three witches. They proclaim that he will be the thane of Cawdor. He responds by saying, “By Sinel’s death I know that I am thane of Glamis/ but how of Cawdor”(I, iii, 70-73)? At first, he does not realize to earn this title what he must do, but when he realizes he is taken aback. His bewilderment prefigures his perpetual struggle with his fate. Macbeth also is excessively ambitious which constantly affects him throughout the play. He is too determined to become king and will kill anyone to ensure that this will transpire. Macbeth’s struggle and ambition make him the quintessence of tragic hero.
In the novel, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth was the fundamental motivation behind why King Duncan was killed, more than Macbeth. Lady Macbeth had more aspiration and a stronger hunger for power, which made her drive another person to do her messy work for her. For instance, “When you durst do it, then
At times, when people find themselves in an unfortunate situation, they can choose to admit to their errors or displace the blame. The question of who should be held accountable does not always have an obvious answer. In certain instances, the cause is inconclusive since the offender's stance in a gray area is open to various interpretations. Macbeth's complex circumstances illustrate this dilemma, because there are multiple contributing factors to the play's tragedies. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, there is much deliberation whether the protagonist is fully culpable for his own doom. Three witches interfere with the natural flow of the universe and deliberately deceive Macbeth. His outcome is absolute since destiny is imminent. Lady Macbeth corrupts his integrity as she leads him astray. Although he is portrayed as a wicked villain, he is in reality, a victim of the witches, of fate, and of Lady Macbeth: 3 entities that result in his ultimate downfall. The Weird Sisters are undoubtedly wrongdoers since they are the first instigators of trouble.
She also asks them to give her the strength to kill Duncan, she just wants to get on and do it without feeling guilty. At the end of the scene she takes full control of the situation, and Macbeth seems glad to let her have the responsibility.
Lady Macbeth. When she got the letter from Macbeth about the prophecies, she immediately thinks of murder and we saw how evil she really was. " The raven himself is hoarse,...To cry, 'Hold, hold!'" (line 41-57, Pg 41). Here we see her summon evil spirits to thicken her blood and to turn her milk into bitter gall and then calls on them to prevent her from feeling remorse and to remove her femineity. This is very intriguing. We didn't even expect that an apparently strong, practical, and determined woman would act in such contradiction to her womanliness. We also see her as a selfish woman when Macbeth had second thoughts about murdering King Duncan. "Was the hope drunk...Like the poor cat I' the adage?" (line 38-48, Pg 59), "What beast was't then...As you have done to this" (line 52-64, Pg 59). She then attacks his manhood to persuade him to kill Duncan.
Many factors were involved in Macbeth's decision to kill King Duncan. He had pressure from his wife, he had an idea in his head, given to him by the three witches, and he was extremely ambitious. All of these factors contributed to his demise in the end and his decision to murder his king.
Lady Macbeth was a small but very important part of the play Macbeth. She is always on the side of Macbeth telling him what she thinks he should do. When Macbeth was off at war, and told lady Macbeth that the witches greeted him as Thane of Cawdor, and King of Scotland before he received those titles, she was probably scheming no how to fulfill those before he returned home. Once home, they had King Duncan stay at Dunsinane. Lady Macbeth then b-tches at her husband and ridicules his masculinity in order to make him commit murder (Friedlander). Macbeth reluctantly murders Duncan, even though he wanted to wait and have it all play out without killing anyone. When he went to the well to wash off his hands he speaks of his remorse, and lady Macbeth finds out that he did not implicate the guards, so she tells him to go do it. But he wont, so she insults him more, and goes to do it herself.
Macbeth is a true Shakespearian tragedy, in which mast murders take place, in order for one man and women to take the throne and become king and queen. It starts with Duncan’s murder, which is done because Macbeth did not want to see Duncan’s son next in line for the throne and the only way to prevent that was by eliminating Duncan. The nest murder was that of Banquo. Banquo is a friend of Macbeth and his murder is un-predictable. Macbeth may have feared that if he did not kill Banquo, Banquo would kill him in order to gain a position power seeing that the witch’s just informed both Macbeth and Banquo that Macbeth will be the next King of Scotland and Banquo will never have the chance to hold the throne. Once Banquo is out of the way, Macbeth turns his attention to his real target, King MaCduff. Although at first hesitant about killing MaCduff, Macbeth chooses to murder MaCduff, a man who Macbeth himself said was a good man and a fine leader. The last murder is of MaCduff’s family. Macbeth can not take any chances and must kill any associated with the former king (King MaCduff). The murder of MaCduff’s wife and son is the most vicious crime of them all because for one we see the killing on stage and number two a child is murdered, the most vicious and horrific thing one can show. Macbeth murders for personal gain and has no regrets or else he would not have continued his mass slaughtering. Macbeth is responsible for these murders because he commits them himself, without any assistance, he kills everyone out of necessity, and because all these acts were done out of free will.
him by pointing out how easy it would be " When Duncan is asleep-"5. Macbeth