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    WHO IS MORE GUILTY? In my essay we are going to talk about why I think Lady Macbeth is more responsible for the murder of King Duncan. I think the reason she is guilty is because she put her nightwear, she pushed her husband Macbeth to kill him, and because Duncan was more in charge than she was over all of the people. Lady Macbeth puts on her nightwear to indicate that she had been sleeping. Whenever they would find the body, she would act all surprised saying that she had been in bed at the time

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    he will do to king Duncan. His wife tells him “it’s ok sit down” while in her dark colored outfit. He takes his seat with everyone at the dinner table still thinking about King Duncan. As we are eating I ask king Duncan How does he really feel about Macbeth. “I’m proud of him, he is an amazing guy that does his job really well King Duncan says while chewing his food. I look over at Lady Macbeth and she is just cheerful. She is so ready to be queen and her husband to be the king. I’m still nervous

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    I think that King Duncan isn’t a bad ruler because he is received well by the people, but he’s a bad judge of character. The people seem to enjoy Duncan being their leader, whether or not he is a good leader is another question. He may be liked by the people, but he puts his trust into people that just let him down and betray him. This can be seen in the Thane of Cawdor’s treason against him. He seems to be a bad judge of character or the people that he’s trusting are very good at deception. If he

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    attitude for tyranny and remarkable investigative skills. When he and the rest of Fife heard of the regicide of King Duncan, he suspected the King’s cousin, Macbeth. Soon his suspicion was shared with the peasants throughout Fife. As the daughter of a noble, I had heard every rumor that spread through Scotland. The most recent alleged that since the tragic passing of King Duncan, Macbeth had been behaving rather suspiciously. In fact, his lady had hardly been seen at the most recent teas; an

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    Macbeth Text Response This deed, the murder of King Duncan, has unanticipated consequences for both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Discuss Macbeth, by William Shakespeare explores the theme of power, sleep and guilt. For Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to be able to be on the throne and fulfill the prophecy, they need to murder Kind Duncan. Unfortunately, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth didn’t think of the unanticipated consequences of committing the murder. The consequences that they are faced with include guiltiness

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    Overconfidence in the second Thane of Cawdor (Macbeth). a. Duncan in this quote shows how much he respects Macbeth and also says that he cannot thank him enough. 2. “This castle hath pleasant seat; the air... unto our gentle senses.” (I, vi, 1-3) a. The castle in this quote is referred to Macbeth’s castle. Duncan praises Macbeth’s castle and Macbeth. [2nd BODY PARAGRAPH] II. Macbeth’s downfall

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    an Inside Look at the Death of King Duncan I of Scotland Last night, King Duncan I of Scotland was murdered in his chamber. The king was staying at the castle of his Thane, Lord Macbeth, on the night of his murder. King Duncan had been attending a party that Lord Macbeth had arranged for him and his sons. All of Scotland is in mourning for the murder of their beloved king, but everyone wants to know who committed this foul deed, and why did they do this to their king? In this newspaper is everything

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    Two leaders, one ruled in the 11th century and another in the 20th century. Both respected and loved by their people. Both were murdered, but is being murdered the only similarity or do humans often learn the wrong lesson from history? King Duncan, the famed ruler from Macbeth and John F. Kennedy, the beloved United States president received a fate that is too similar to think that humans actually study history. Whether in the nature of the ruler, the cover up for the murder, the security breach

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    power leads to his own demise. Living under the King’s reign gave Macbeth the satisfaction of order in his day to day life. However, the witches prophecy gave him hope of someday becoming King. It was from this point onward that Macbeth was overcome with greed and stopped at nothing to achieve his dream of becoming king. Of course this all came with a price. His over ambitious nature lead to the deterioration of his health and in addition, guilt ridden Macbeth slowly started to lose grip of his reality

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    Lady Macbeth is without a doubt to blame for Macbeth’s commitment to carry out the murder of King Duncan. Due to her newfound traits of masculinity, those being: her ambition, her controlling nature, and her outright rejection of feminine traits, especially ones that are considered vulnerable or emotional, she becomes thoroughly persistent with Macbeth about redeeming his manhood by killing the king and claiming the throne. She wholeheartedly believes that Macbeth will not stick to the plan if she

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