Murder in Macbeth is written in a peculiar way. Many times Shakespeare uses rhyming and themes to create imagery for the characters in the play. The murders that are going to be analyzed with rhyming schemes is when Macbeth is plotting both King Duncan’s murder and his closest friend Banquo. As Macbeth slowly regresses into madness from his bloodlust and paranoia, he foresees their death. The descriptive writing describing their doom is similar in meaning and rhyming but different in wording and subjects.
As Macbeth is plotting to become king, the main obstacles in his way is King Duncan and Banquo. From here the language Macbeth uses is very peculiar, the way he decides to become king is to kill him and he describes it like this “… The bell invites me. / Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell / That summons thee to Heaven, or to Hell”(2.1 64-5). Comparing that to Banquo’s death Macbeth says “… Banquo, thy soul’s flight, / If it find Heaven, must find it out tonight”(3.1 141-142). There is a difference in showing their death. Macbeth stating “The bell invites me”(2.1 64-5) means Macbeth himself will do the deed comparing that to Banquo’s “soul’s flight”(3.1 141-142) based on that alone suggests that Macbeth will not kill Banquo himself. Both mention the word “Heaven”(3.1 141-142)(2.1 64-5) but only in Duncan’s murder does Macbeth mention “Hell”(2.1 64-5) suggesting that to Macbeth Banquo is noble and good in the eyes of god while Duncan has done both good and bad things. Another small difference is that each show a different
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In the two passages, each had contained rhymes and the same meaning but, each of them had a separate context. King Duncan’s murder, Macbeth described it as a large commotion whereas banquo’s murder would be quick and maybe not as well known. These context clues show what the writer intends and wants to