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Faithful And Loyal To The King In Macbeth By William Shakespeare

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When the play opens it is instantly visible to the reader that Macbeth is faithful and loyal to the king. After Macbeth listens to the witches prophecy of him becoming the king, he is indecisive on either breaking rules to eliminate Duncan or if chance will have him king why chance may “crown” him (I.iii.144-145). His thoughts lead him to be loyal to the king and let fate decide who will be the next king. Later in the play, Macbeth is thinking about killing Duncan to become king himself, but faithful thoughts cross his mind. He says to himself, “First, as I am his kinsman and his subject...who should against his murderer shut the door” (I. vii. 13-15). Macbeth is reconsidering his murderous plan and analyzing that he is a brother to Duncan
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