I had to do it. I had to kill Fleance if I wanted to remain king. Lady Macbeth and I both agreed that I couldn’t do it myself, so we decided to hire 2 murderers. Banquo had mentioned something earlier in the day about traveling with his son Fleance that night. That was the perfect opportunity it was late and they would be traveling alone. Lady Macbeth and I both decided that was a good idea and went out to town to hire 2 murderers. The plan was that as Banquo and Fleance were traveling the murders would stab them. This seemed like a good plan. I even had hired a 3rd murderer to make sure the job was done. Later that day we also had the banquet, but all I could think about was what was going on with Banquo and Fleance.
But it didn’t work.
Not only did attempt to kill Banquo and Fleance with murderers, but Macduff’s family. Like Banquo, Macduff’s family received a knife to the body. All this was done to make sure Macbeth kept his spot on the throne, but it was done like a weakling, not face to face like a strong and proud man would.
Later on the novel another crime occurs in order to keep Macbeth’s throne safe. Banquo and Fleance are two of the next victims in Macbeth’s hit list. He had murderers to execute his job. The three murderers come back with the news that only Banquo was dead and that Fleance had escaped. Macbeth receives the news during a dinner that was held on the castle, where all members of the royalty were present except Macduff, Banquo, and Fleance. But Banquo was only absent for those who couldn’t see, Macbeth was having illusions with Banquo
After Duncan’s murder, Macbeth realizes that the witches’ prophecy about him becoming king has come true, and he feels that it is his destiny to be the king of Scotland. Macbeth begins to believe in everything the witches say. Macbeth, however, does not want to risk giving up his crown to the son of Banquo like the prophecy said. Thus, Macbeth hires three murderers to kill both Banquo and his son. He tells the hired murderers to "leave no rubs nor botches in the work . " (Act III: ii: 133). By having both men killed, no one will be in line to take the crown from Macbeth, and he will secure his position has king.
Macbeth hired the murderers to slaughter Banquo the same night as the feast prepared for him. Macbeth goes as far as killing his best friend, just to make sure there are no
But, later on in the play we learn by the witched that Banquo's descendants will become King and that they will prosper. It says “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none”, when Macbeth learns about this and hears about it he is scared and then eventually considers Banquo as a threat to him to become King. So Macbeth has to come up with a solution to this and eventually comes up with the solution that he must murder Banquo and his son Fleance. He gets two murders to go out and murder Banquo and his son while they are walking so that his promise of becoming king will not be in jeopardy. This is an ironic act of betrayal because Macbeth and Banquo have been friends for a long time and have done everything together. Banquo was not just his friend he was also the co-commander of the army and had some power in Scotland.
The bond between Macbeth and Banquo makes Macbeth want to back out of murdering Banquo and his son Fleance. Macbeth's loyalty makes him want to not kill Banquo and Fleance so as to not break their bond, a bond that he says, “keeps him pale.” Despite this strong bond, Macbeth eventually is tempted by Lady Macbeth to continue with the plan so their secret is not revealed. Macbeth's worry for his safety causes him to want to stop the murders, but his impulse gets in the way, making him decide to continue. Macbeth feels that the murders may be getting out of hand and is worried for his own safety.
After killing King Duncan , Macbeth is starting to realize what it is that he has done, and becomes suspicious and paranoid of everyone around him by puting spy's in every castle and killing those who are any treat to him what so ever. Banquo is the only other person who knows of the meeting with the witches and he would assume that it was Macbeth who killed the King. The witches also said that Banquo would beget kings but he himself would never be king after Macbeth, and so Macbeth decides that Banquo is a threat to him. To get rid of the treat with banquo he decides to kill him and his son Fleance.
Lady Macbeth brings out Macbeth’s tragic flaw when she proposes the idea of killing King Duncan and he states, “I have no spur . . . but only vaulting ambition” (1.7.25-27). Once King Duncan has been murdered, this flaw is revealed because his actions reflect on his ambition to stay king. Macbeth begins by planning on killing Banquo and his son because the witches told Banquo “thou shalt get kings, thought thou be none” (1.3.68). Macbeth must kill Banquo and his son, so no one will have the opportunity to take the crown away from him. When Macbeth sends murderers to kill them, Fleance can get away while Banquo is brutally attacked; however, luckily for Macbeth, Fleance is never heard from again. When Macbeth goes to visit the witches again and the first apparition tells him to “beware Macduff” (4.1.71-72), he then realizes he must eliminate any other obstacle that could potentially keep him from staying king. He says he will “give to th’edge o’th’sword his wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls” (4.1.150-151) just to ensure his throne. By doing these horrible deeds, Macbeth proves he is willing to go above and beyond to remain king until his
Macbeth has to murder more people to cover his tracks and secure his place as king (III, iiii, 135-140). He seems to value others lives much less than his own. Macbeth has already said that life is just a game and there is nothing serious in life (II, iii, 92-95). Macbeth orders assassins to kill Banquo and Fleance (III, I, 126-128) to try and secure his place as king.
Macbeth hires two men to murder Banquo and Fleance, but they only accomplished to kill Banquo, and Fleance is able to escape.
Macbeth is easily tempted into murder by his wife to fulfill his ambitions to the throne. Once he stabs Duncan there is no stopping him. Macbeth then proceeds to kill Banquo, Fleance, Lady Macduff, and her children. Lady Macbeth only manipulated him to kill the king, but the decisions to kill Macduff and Banquo were his own. Banquo was his good loyal friend, after he killed him we know that he was out of his mind. Each person he has killed
Gothic literature combines a lot of the factors that people now a day love to watch or read. Gothic literature is one of the most famous type of literature in novels today. In the 19th century the beginning of a famous monster character such as Frankenstein was developed. It was in the novel written by Mary Shelley. This attracted a lot of people’s attention into gothic literature. Another gothic literature novel was The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen. Both these novels have a lot of comparison in gothic literature and with the main characters in each novel.
Macbeth succeeds the Throne, but the audience does not respect and value him like the good King Duncan, instead we hate him and hope that his deeds are discovered and he dies, so equilibrium is restored in the world and everything runs properly. Thereafter, when Macbeth instructs two murderers to assassinate Banquo and his son Fleance, we feel as though Macbeth is employing others to do his dirty work, which is cunning and clever, yet cowardly. During the feast
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n today’s society, the human body is placed on a pedestal for the world to critique. Both women and men are seen as individuals that are supposed to act, dress, and look a certain way. If they falter, they are seen as strange and sometimes called names; this is especially true for women. According to society, man is woman’s better half, and many philosophers have shown interest in this correlation. Beauvoir, in her book The Second Sex, she talks about how women are the “other” and are seen as being less than men are. Also, Young explains in her paper, Throwing Like a Girl, how men and women approach certain obstacles differently. Along with Young’s, paper a company called Always made a promo #LikeAGirl and put into practice what Young states in her paper. Though these philosophers and company have tried to push for woman equality, other companies, such as Hardies, have stopped their efforts. So why do we see women as the lesser half? It is because, how we see the human body, particularly women, is in direct correlation to where and how we are raised.