Macbeth’s decision is heavily influenced by Lady Macbeth’s attack on his manhood. She discusses the power that Macbeth will possess if he is brave enough to do anything. “I am settled, and bend up/ Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.” (Shakespeare 1.7.79-80) Macbeth makes an impulsive choice that is very unlike his true character. He is at the point where he would do anything that will make him the King of Scotland, such as killing Duncan.
When the story begins, Macbeth truly is a “peerless kinsman” to the king (1.4.66); however, as the story progresses others refer to him in this way only because they are oblivious to his true desire” (Balwan 3). As Balwan states, Macbeth has as significant change due to the so call “power” of being king. While Macbeth transitions to a new form of character, he isolates himself from Lady Macbeth. As the power increases, Macbeth is determined to kill.
However he soon cracks under the pressure of the crown and makes everything not what it seems. In the cunning drama, Macbeth, Shakespeare illuminates the idea that desire and pressure left unchecked will lead to unnatural troubles and wicked endings. In the beginning of the play Macbeth is known as valiant, respectable, and truthful, but goes against his moral compass which further changes him. During act one Macbeth discovers that if king Duncan dies he will become king and is thinking about killing him when he says, “He's here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, strong both
Macbeth had ambition to become king of Scotland, but this did not turn out positive for him. Duncan macbeth's first cousin became King instead, and Macbeth was one of his thanes. Macbeth knew that King Duncan was a good person and king. He has been doing everything right for Scotland. Macbeth had this
With his agreement to murder the king, we now see that Macbeth can no longer be trusted, and once again Duncan puts his trust in the wrong person. Trusting Macbeth is a huge mistake and will be his last—"I have done the deed" (2.2.19). Now that Duncan is out of the picture, Macbeth can fulfill the prophecy of him becoming king. Reflecting on how Macbeth is not someone to be trusted, he uses trust to his advantage, and Macbeth shows this in his need for power. The guilt he carries after all the betrayal—I understand and feel that kind of guilt when I break someone's
Macbeth brings the daggers to their room and lady Macbeth is upset that he has not followed the plan, and he risks people seeing it was him who committed
Macbeth’s decision to kill Duncan in Act 2 Scene 2 led to the formation of a conflict within him regarding his own actions. This created a lack of clarity and understanding of identity within himself, causing him to rely on fickle emotion to dictate and justify his thoughts and actions. The initial point of his deterioration was experienced by the audience in Macbeth’s soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 7, which highlighted his frustration and anxiety regarding his course of action. ‘If th’ assassination could trammel up the consequence and catch with his surcease, success, that but this blow might be the be-all and the end-all… He’s here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, strong both against the deed; then, as his host, who
Macbeth was loyal to Duncan in the beginning of the play but after a certain event takes place things change. “The service and the loyalty I owe in doing it pays itself” (27). In this scene you see Macbeth showing the king substantial amounts of respect. He felt as if it was his duty to protect
He now perceives that in order to become king he has to step over some people, kill them. For all intents and purposes, how can he become king if Duncan is already running the position? Executing Duncan was the only option in order for him to become king, at least to his regards. Despite his bad ambition, Macbeth is not happy about committing murder, not to the slightest. It's like if he'd close his eyes and reopened them (hoping to see things differently)
At the start of the play, Macbeth is looked up to by all the thanes and pretty much all of Scotland. He is seen as loyal and devoted to his country. Once Macbeth has the thought of being King of Scotland in his mind, he cannot let it go. When Lady Macbeth encourages the idea of killing King Duncan, Macbeth is very hesitant and opposed the idea.
In an excerpt from this scene Macbeth discusses the plot to murder King Duncan.
In Act 5 Scene 2 in Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, Lenox, Menteith, Caithness, and Angus, the four lords of Scotland, are discussing Macbeth’s deeds and behavior. As a result of his heinous acts, they decide to join Malcolm and his English forces, waiting in Birnam Woods, to fight Macbeth at Dunsinane. Through metaphors, Lenox, Menteith, Caithness, and Angus depict their wish to make Malcolm the legitimate king by executing Macbeth, signifying their loyalty, a prevalent theme, to the rightful king of Scotland. Relating to the motif of clothes , Angus’ simile describes the men’s perception of their King of Scotland, for whom the lords of Scotland have lost faith in.
The witches tell Macbeth “that [he] shalt be king hereafter”(1.3.53), foreshadowing his impractical rise to power. As Macbeth prepares to kill Duncan, he draws his dagger and says,”Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going/And such an instrument I was to use”(2.1.54-55). This exemplifies Macbeth’s true and impatient motives as he was never told to kill Duncan, rather chose to out of his freewill. Killing Duncan wasn’t enough though, as Macbeth needed someone to blame the murder on, so he framed the guards who were there to protect Duncan. Lady Macbeth decides to “smear/The sleepy grooms with blood”(2.2.63-64), which Macbeth could have objected to, but still continued, which made him worse of a person, steering him into a disastrous path.
King Duncan saw Macbeth as a loyal and noble kinsman. These are the first words that the King says when he sees Macbeth, “My worthiest kinsman!” (Act 1 Scene 4). The two interact as close friends Macbeth thinks very highly of King Duncan and states, “The opportunity to serve you is its own reward,” (Act 1 Scene 4). After the King offers to repay him for winning the battle.
Loyal is devotion and faithfulness for a cause to make in life for someone you trust while disloyal is showing the absence of allegiance and being false-hearted to someone you barely know in life. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare uses the theme as dramatic device throughout the play to prove each characters loyalty and disloyalty. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, loyalty and disloyalty are demonstrated through characters' greed, faith, and ambition. As the play progresses the theme of loyalty is remarkably evident through Macbeth faith on King Duncan.
