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Duncan's Responsibility In Macbeth

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The responsibility for the murder of Duncan from greatest to least is the witches, Lady Macbeth and then Macbeth himself. The witches had the most responsibility in the murder of Duncan because in this quote they say “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! [...] All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” if they had never told him that he would go on to become either Thane of Cawdor or king he would have not believed that he would soon after become king. However, after he does become the Thane of Cawdor he starts to believe that what they have said may be true after all. Since he became Thane of Cawdor, he awaits for the best to come which is to become king. “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” He begins to trust them and although it may seem that it was his fault when he killed Duncan, had they not implemented the idea of being king into his head, he would not have killed him. …show more content…

She quotes “It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness” throughout this scene, she constantly threatens him with his masculinity and reliability to kill Duncan, which he fears doing. In this next quote she once again challenges his masculinity “When you durst do it, then you were a man; and to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man.” She says that if he truly was man and actually followed through with his plans and kept his promise, then he would go on to be far more than just a

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She says “Yet do I fear thy nature, / It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way”. She declares his nature as “too full of the milk of human kindness”. She once again degrades his manhood and states that he is too feeble to carry out the murder of Duncan and not being able to withstand the guilt.

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Although Macbeth killed King Duncan and Lady Macbeth had controlled Macbeth, the witches are responsible for King Duncan’s death because the witches started the whole process. One reason the witches should be blamed for the murder of King Duncan is because they had known everything before it happened. In Act 1 scene 1 the witches said, “Hail to you, Macbeth, Thane of Glamis!”,” Hail to you Macbeth, Thane of Cawdor!” and “Hail Macbeth! You will be the King,” If the witches had not told the prophecy, Macbeth would not have sent Lady Macbeth a letter.

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Lady Macbeth is accountable. She is the one who first advises Macbeth to assassinate King Duncan in order to fulfil the prophecy and become as king. She challenges his manliness and demands him to act, persuading him that it is essential to achieving their goal. She even participates in the murder's plot while

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There are two people that are at fault for the killing of King Duncan. Macbeth or Lady Macbeth I personally think that the fault is definitely on lady Macbeth because all the stuff she did plays a bigger role than what Macbeth did. Like completely plan planning his murder, and convincing Macbeth to kill Duncan even when he didn't want to do it. As soon as lady Macbeth heard that the 3 witches told Macbeth that he was going to be king she wanted it. She wanted that power more than anything, even more than Macbeth.

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Macbeth only becomes Thane of Cawdor, because of a traitor, but he himself later becomes a traitor. In the beginning it was easy for Macbeth to fight for his king and to honor the name of the man who ruled his land, but once he finds out his future, his entire mindset changes. Macbeth fights and wins a battle in favor for Scotland and king Duncan. A few hours after the battle, the Weird Sisters tell Macbeth what his future looks like. He becomes obsessed with the idea of becoming king and one can sense his thirst for power.

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“… And damned all those that trust them.” To what extent is Macbeth responsible for his own actions? It is clear that Macbeth is a character whose judgments are easily influenced by those around him, yet it is not these people who are ultimately responsible for his uncontrollable ambition and ruthless murders. Macbeth’s character flaws – his unconfined ambition and gullibility - are used by the witches and Lady Macbeth to manipulate his thoughts through prophecies with multiple meanings and attacks on his nature. Despite this, Macbeth is a man free to make his own decisions, and through his nightmares, insomnia and madness it is clear the he feels remorse for his actions leaving him the only one responsible for his gruesome path.

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Then, when he still had second thoughts she begins to tell him that she would do a better job than he would. Lady Macbeth also call Macbeth not a man, telling him to man up. Lady Macbeth also said, “When you durst do it, then you are a man; and to be more than what you were, you would be so much more than a man.” (pg-43). Lastly Macbeth tell Lady Macbeth that his biggest fear is failing at killing the king so she said, “We Fail?

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Macbeth is firstly at fault due to his own hubris. From the start of the play we hear praise for Macbeth from the captain when he addresses Duncan, “For brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name—Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel,Which smoked with bloody execution,Like valor’s minion carved out his passage” (1.2.16-19), this sort of praise was likely commonplace after the battle, and likely was heard by macbeth himself, and being the proud man he was may have led him to feel deserving of greater power and authority. Another way his hubris is to blame is for being convinced by his wife's scorning oh his manhood should he not kill duncan “When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what

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Lady Macbeth tried and attempted to fasten onto Macbeth’s inner feelings and attacked his level of masculinity. He is a easy person to manipulate once the future queen questioned his manliness. Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth that he cannot go through with killing King Duncan, she proceeds to tell him that he is a coward. To further convince her husband to kill Duncan is the utmost importance she said that she “would, while (her unborn child) was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed his brains out.” (Act 1, Scene 7, Lines

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In the play Macbeth there was a lot of stuff that went on that could keep the reader interested. One of these things are all of the murders in the play. With all these murders happening, there has to be someone to blame. In the play Lady Macbeth is to blame for the murders because she called evil upon herself, influenced Macbeth to be a murder, and she wanted power.

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So I am asking your majesty, why would Macbeth take all the blame for it? Lady Macbeth Says ‘My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart to white’. This shows the major contribution that Lady Macbeth had towards the murder of Duncan. Often Lady Macbeth insulted Macbeth with statements that question his manhood. Lady Macbeth says ‘When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man.

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Lady Macbeth was clearly the more responsible for the murder of king Duncan but overall, Macbeth’s murderous reign has made the cold-blooded character the more evil character in the play. Lady Macbeth may have been more responsible for king Duncan’s death, but she had never expected Macbeth to kill countless of other people just to keep his throne. “I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.” - Macbeth - Act 1 Scene 7 Line 47 to Line

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The Most to Blame for King Duncan’s Death In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth it talks about a hero coming back from a viscous battle, from a group of rebels trying to take over the castle that the king’s lives in. After the hero comes back from a bloody battle he encounters three witches that tell him that he will have three titles one in the past thane of Glamis, one in the present thane of Cawdor, and one in the future king. After the witches tell Macbeth about the prophecy he gets the idea of wanting to be the new king and feels that Duncan should isn’t fit to be the king. After Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have a brief argument on wither Macbeth should kill Duncan.

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Macbeth states to Lady Macbeth, “we will proceed no further in this business” (I, VII) since he almost finally decides to refuse to kill Duncan. However, Lady Macbeth uses different manipulative methodologies towards Macbeth and persuades him to consult the killing of Duncan. “So green and pale” (I, VII), Lady Macbeth even called him a coward. From the same scene, she mentions, “From this time, such I account thy love”, implying that if Macbeth cant stay steady concerning the murder of the king, then she will consider his love for her to be as similarly conflicting. Later in scene, Lady Macbeth states that if she had made such a promise as Macbeth did to her, she would “dash the brains out” of her own child as “it was smiling in her fail”.

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She was so paranoid over the ordeal that she eventually killed herself. Even though she died before Macbeth, she still had an influence on what he did. Eventually, it leads to his death and treason. In conclusion, Lady Macbeth is more responsible for King Duncan’s murder, and Macbeth’s treason, than Macbeth himself.

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