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Betrayal In Macbeth Essay

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I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition which o'rleaps itself And falls on th'other” In the play of William Shakespear's play Macbeth the main character goes against his mortalities and betrays his country, his king and his most loyal friends and as towards the meaning of betrayal is disloyal that in result there comes ultimate feeling of hurt and which there must be trust the breaking of trust is the ultimate way of betrayal and in this play you will see that Macbeth has developed ambition and the breaking of trust towards some of the characters.

In the beginning of Macbeth, the three witches portray Macbeth future by telling him he will become Thane of Cawdor and the king of Scotland, as he believes that he will chose in becoming the Thane of Cawdor and as you can tell when in having betrayal you need trust and well the first thing that Macbeth had was the trust of king Duncan, as Macbeth is a trusted solider by his army and …show more content…

After that, he gets scared and he eventually thinks that Banquo is a threat to him in becoming king. Macbeth knows that he just got rid of king Duncan and that the only thing he knows for sure is that he will have the spot for his kingship is to murder Banquo and his son Fleance, in which he plans to send two murderers to kill them while they are taking. As the evening is that ride. He tries to kill both. Banquo says “ fly, good Fleance, fly ,fly ,fly!” as Banquo knew that something was going to happen, he tells Fleance to flee while Banquo is dead on the ground as Macbeth hears this news. Banquo is dead. He is happy but also angry that the son got away, which is shown as a betrayal of his friend just to get the

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