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Importance Of Respect In Macbeth

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Respect means more than power. A person can have power and not respect. Respect is earned and power is given by the people of the higher class. If a person has respect they have people who support them. If someone has power for example a president, they are unknown and would have to earn it. They could have people who go against them and what they are for. Macbeth has power that is illegitimate. The witches go to Macbeth to tell him he’s going to take power as king. In The tragedy of Macbeth the Third Witch says,”All hail, MacBeth, thou shalt be king hereafter! Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. So all hail, MacBeth and Banquo”(William Shakespeare PG:3). The significance of this is Macbeth didn’t become king naturally or by earning it. He received prophecies and killed the king to take his place.MacBeth says, “I have done the deed”(William Shakespeare PG:340). Macbeth was forced to kill the king by his wife because they wanted luxury and riches. Overall MacBeth and his wife have completed phase one of their plan. …show more content…

Macbeth’s soldiers do not respect Macbeth and listen to him only because he’s king. Malcolm says,” ’Tis his main hope: For, where there is advantage to be given, Both more or less have given him the revolt, And none serve with him but constrained things whose hearts are absent too” (William Shakespeare PG:66). The soldiers talk about Macbeth behind his back and they are forced to do what he says due to the power he has. Even though Macbeth is king, he doesn’t have the amount of power Malcolm has. Malcolm had respect from others before he was born. Malcolm says,”What I am truly, Is thine and my poor country’s to command”(William Shakespeare PG:134). Malcolm is honored and respectful to his

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