King Duncan

brought in daggers that he killed king Duncan with and that wasn’t the plan. Since Macbeth comes back with the daggers, Lady Macbeth says: “give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead are but as pictures.” This shows how evil she is by taking the daggers and framing the guards for the murder of King Duncan. This impacts the reader by showing how evil Lady Macbeth is. In the play “Macbeth” Lady Macbeth shows how evil she is by framing the guards for killing Kind Duncan.

of the play, Macbeth is shown to have ambition towards becoming king. He does not show as much ambition towards killing Duncan as Lady Macbeth does, but he does towards having power. In act 1 scene 3 Macbeth says "My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, shakes so my single state of man That function is smuther'd in surmise, and nothing is but what is not" (Shakespeare 1.3) which shows just how ambitious he is to kill Duncan at the moment. Another character from Macbeth that shows great ambition

meanwhile King Duncan announces that his eldest son Malcom shall be named Prince of Cumberland and the heir to his throne. After hearing this news, Macbeth says aside “The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, for in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires. The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be which the eye fears, when it is done to see.” From this we can see that Macbeth truly wants to be King. Macbeth is

point, Macbeth is unaware that the king has conferred this honor upon him because of his valor in battle, so he attributes his fortune to the witches’ prophecy. However, the audience knows Duncan made the pronouncement in Act 1, Scene 3. Purpose: This dramatic irony is to show Macbeth’s belief that the witches speak the truth and are responsible for his success. This belief can, and does, influence his future actions. Example: In Act 1, Scene 6, line 1, Duncan says, “This castle hath a pleasant

One of the smaller, yet important, characters is King Duncan. Duncan is an intelligent, generous, trusting and simply, a good king. Especially his goodness contributed to the doubt of Macbeth to actually kill the king. Complimenting his companions for all their nobleness demonstrates Duncan 's love to the people around him and effects their compassion for him. "O valiant cousin! Worthy gentlemen!" (Act I, Scene 2) is Duncan 's response to someone he barely knows and just explains what had happened

meanwhile King Duncan announces that his eldest son Malcolm shall be named Prince of Cumberland and the heir to his throne. After hearing this news, Macbeth says, “The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, for in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires. The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be which the eye fears, when it is done to see.” From this, we can see that Macbeth truly wants to be King. Macbeth is

women had no rights and had no priority. Therefore, Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth to kill King Duncan and take over the country with Macbeth. After Macbeth killed King Duncan lady Macbeth went to clean the dagger that Macbeth has stabbed King Duncan with and had many blood spot on her hands. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth accused the servants as their doing and after that quickly killed them. They became King and Queen and ruled the country but Lady Macbeth was the one to truly rule as she had control

and Duncan’s visit when she is plotting the kings death. She says, “Yet I do fear thy nature; it is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way.” (Act I, scene v, lines 13-15). This shows Lady Macbeth fears her husband is too kind to murder Duncan in order to get the throne, but later in the play, Macbeth's vaulting ambition leads him to do anything to secure his throne. Macbeth proves he has wickedness inside him by killing Duncan, Banquo, Macduff’s family, and Young Siward.

spread and corrupt not only him but everything he touches and the world around him, which is represented as Neptune’s oceans. This means that the because of the enormity of his guilt, the guilt cannot be eliminated. Therefore, as a result of murdering Duncan, Macbeth is consumed with guilt and this is demonstrated through a powerful verb, hyperbole and sight imagery all relating to

for what they want, like how Macbeth kills Duncan so that he can become king. Macbeth doesn’t do this on his own though, his wife Lady Macbeth manipulates him into killing the king, because she wanted to be queen. Lady Macbeth is one of the most manipulative people in this book. “This night’s great business into my dispatch, which shall to all our nights and days to come give solely sovereign sway and masterdom.” (1.6. 68-69)She would even kill the king if it meant she could become the queen, even