A leader is a person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country. In The Tragedy Of Macbeth Shakespeare imagines the qualities of a good leader to be honorable, trustworthy, reliable, beloved by the people, and strong-willed. Ducan and Malcolmb portray these qualities however Macbeth is lacking in the qualities to be a good leader and as a result, he is unsuccessful. Duncan and Malcolm in Macbeth by William Shakespeare show that the best leaders are selfless, honorable, trustworthy, reliable, beloved by the people, and strong-willed. Macbeth on the other hand not at all. Ducan is the best king Scotland sees throughout the play. He best displays the qualities of a good leader based on the qualities that Shakespeare believed were good qualities of a leader. Although we only see Duncan in the first scene of the play we can see Shakespeare's interpretations of a good king. He is one of them. Ducan is well respected …show more content…
We can infer that Malcolm would be a good king because he is like his father in many ways. He is a loyal trustworthy person this is shown when he performs the loyalty test. Malcolm proves that he will be loyal to Scotland because he joins Macduff and they have an army to combat Macbeth and take back Scotland."Macduff, this noble passion- proof of your integrity - has wiped all black suspicions from my soul and satisfied my mind as to your truth and honor"What Malcolm says above proved that he would be a good king because unlike Macbeth he is looking to work with people who have integrity and this shows that he truly cares. While in comparison Macbeth just wanted to be king to say he was king and get what he wants. Even though we don't get to see Malcolm serving as king with the evidence provided we can infer that based on Shakespeare's beliefs on what a good king would be, Malcolm like his father would be a good king of