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Macbeth

Macbeth was a general of King Duncan’s Scottish Army, he started off to be a great and devoted man to King and country but many events occurred that lead to the development of many enemies and his death.

Macbeth sends a letter to Lady Macbeth telling her of the witch’s proficies in which they said he would be king. After reading the letter a messenger came and told Lady Macbeth that King Duncan will be coming to dinner that evening, she quickly concludes that in order of Macbeth to be King, Duncan must die that very night, She knows that it will not be easy persuading Macbeth to go through with the murder, because she says “he is the milk of human kindness”. When Macbeth arrives at the castle Lady Macbeth greets him by telling him that they must kill Duncan, he first seems hesitant but Lady Macbeth assures him he will be king by the next day.
Later that night Lady Macbeth drugged the king’s attendants when he was asleep, then she gives the signal for Macbeth to kill Duncan, so Macbeth enters Duncan’s room and draws his dagger and kills him, After the deed is done Macbeth wishes he hadn’t gone along with the murder, he expresses this by looking at his hands covered with Duncan’s blood and says “what a sorry sight”.
After all the investigations the castle dismisses the case as the two attendants the murderers.

Once Macbeth is crowned king of Scotland he thinks about the people who would have the closest idea that he was responsible for the murder of Duncan, he then realises the closest person would be Banquo who was there when the witches told the prophecies to Macbeth, and although Macbeth is unsure Banquo is already starting to suspect him of the murder. Days later Macbeth finds out that Banquo and Fleance are going hunting the next day, he firstly arranges a feast in honour of Banquo the day they go hunting to clear his name for any wrong doing, then he hires two assassins to kill Banquo and his son while they are hunting, but first he has to talk Lady Macbeth into it, he does so by scarring her, saying “we will eat our meals in fear and sleep in the affliction of the of these terrible dreams”. The next day just before the feast the assassins enter Macbeth’s room and tells him that they have killed Banquo but not his son, because he had fled before they could do so.

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