Who Killed King Duncan in William Shakespeare's Macbeth
Who was too blame for the Murder of King Duncan? There are four major factors in the murder Lady Macbeth, Fate, the Witches and Macbeth himself.
Macbeth himself committed the murder of Duncan so of course has some of the blame for the murder. His ambition and his thrust also made him do the crime. For Macbeth when the bait was dangled in front of him he could not resist taking a bite for when he knew that he had been made Thane of Cawdor and one prophecy had come true he wanted the next prophecy to also be true. At the point Macbeth is told he will be Thane of Cawdor by the witches there is dramatic irony because the audience already
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Lady Macbeth hiding behind her façade of beauty and simple minded charm, when underneath she is a woman who can seize the moment, the time, a cold blooded killer. The witches also hide behind something, they refuse to hide themselves so they place hidden meaning in their words. Deceiving and destroying they are in essence everything a 'witch' was at the time the play was written.
Lady Macbeth is one of the main factors in Duncan's murder as she consistently rips Macbeth apart and originally put the idea into Macbeth's head. She consistently criticizes Macbeth and puts him down. When Macbeth originally writes to Lady Macbeth telling of the Witches and their prophecies she is full of an intense ambition and when she hears of King Duncan's visit she is teeming with an awesome desire and urge to be Queen. She calls upon the witches of whom she has never seen nor heard speak and she tells them to fill her to the brim with evil. Later on in the play (Act 1 scene 7) when Macbeth flinches from killing Duncan, Lady Macbeth says 'Does unmake… done to this' lines 54-59 she says that she would rather batter her child's brains out just after it has suckled from her. This shows how far she wishes to go to reach her ambition.
The witches are also to blame for putting the ideas and aspirations into Macbeth's head. They manipulate him like a puppet using him for their own
The witches manipulate and influence Macbeth through three prophecies. Firstly prophesise of a time when he will not only be Thane of Cawdor, but King of Scotland. “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt
Thane of Cawdor to me promise no less to them' (act 1, scene 3, page
At the beginning of the play Macbeth is unwilling to kill King Duncan while Lady Macbeth is convinced that she must compel him to do so. Macbeth is told by three witches that he will become thane of Cawdor, thane of Glamis and King of Scotland. Macbeth believes the prophecies since he is already thane of Glamis and is Ross later informs him that Macbeth is now thane of Cawdor. Macbeth wants to be king, but hopes
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Lady Macbeth as the Driving Force Behind the Murder of Duncan in William Shakespeare's Macbeth
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Discussion of William Shakespeare's Macbeth Written around 1606, 'Macbeth' is regarded as a generous tribute to the current monarch at the time, King James I. In 1603, the first year of his reign , King James privileged Shakespeare's theatre company, above all others, to be the King's Men. Shakespeare's theatre company was extremely honoured by the title and 'Macbeth' was written in an attempt at expressing Shakespeare's gratitude. Before he was King James I of England, he was King James VI of Scotland. Therefore, as a tribute play it would make sense to set the play in Scotland.