Why Macbeth Decided to Kill King Duncan

Why Macbeth Decided to Kill King Duncan

William Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in the summer of 1606, it is set in

the location of Scotland. The theme is “Fair is Foul” and “Foul is

Fair” which means not everything is what it seems to be, (such as

Macbeth), who turned from a loyal servant into a brutal murderer. At

that time William Shakespeare’s audience “Elizabethans” believed the

world had good and evil powers. They believed that the evil powers of

witches controlled people’s lives.

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In Shakespeare’s time stereotypes of men and women were that men were

strong and powerful while women were weak and passive. Lady Macbeth

was not weak and passive; she was strong and powerful like the men.

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At the start of Act 1, Scene 2 Macbeth is shown brave and loyal with

the quotation “For Brave Macbeth”, but towards the end of the scene it

shows him turning into a vicious and brutal murderer when he himself

kills King Duncan.

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The witches are partly to blame for Macbeth’s actions because they

made Macbeth think that he would be King if he killed King Duncan.

They made him a brutal murderer from a loyal servant. At that time

Shakespeare’s audience believed that the witches could see into the

future and it would be their fault if anything happened.

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Lady Macbeth is partly to blame because she also changes his character

from a loyal servant to a brutal murderer, She persuades and

manipulates his to kill King Duncan by saying “I have given suck, and

know how tender tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it

was smiling in my face, have pluck’d my nipple from the boneless gums,

and dash’d the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this” In

Act 1 Scene 7.

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Macbeth is also to blame for his actions because he allowed

Lady Macbeth manipulate and persuade him to kill the King. I believe

that the if Lady Macbeth hadn’t constantly kept on at Macbeth about