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Is Macbeth To Blame For Duncan's Death Analysis

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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. They finally come to a conclusion that they should and they form a plan to kill him. After the king is killed by Macbeth he feels regret, but the person most responsible for king Duncan’s death is Macbeth. …show more content…

Early on in the story it is revealed that Macbeth wants to become the king after listening from the prophecy told by the three wyrd witches. One example is when Macbeth says” Two predictions have come true. The First towards the ultimate goal, the throne!” (1.3.130-135). That proves that Macbeth has a lot of ambition to become the new king and to over throne Duncan. Another quote from Macbeth that shows his sole desire to become king is when he says “If fate says I’ll be king well fate may crown me, without my help” (1.3. 140-145). This kind of line indicates that he is trying to become the new king if something where to happen to King

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In Act 2 Scene 3, Macbeth attempts to shift the blame for the crime away from himself. He had just murdered Duncan the night before, and he was desperate to avoid suspicion on himself, saying some things that would raise questions normally. Macbeth’s actions start fairly mundane, with him acting as if he didn’t know the murder occurred, saying, “What’s the matter?” (2.3.75). Macbeth acts as if he had no idea about Duncan’s death, which is a logical step to cover up his involvement in the murder.

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but Lady Macbeth kept insisting on him not being crowned king but instead taking the throne. He could have just accepted his prophecy and waited his turn but chose to make certain he would be king even if it wasn't his time he killed to make his prophecy true it wasn’t gifted to him he took it. Lady Macbeth also said,”"Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem / To have thee crown'd withal". Lady Macbeth thinks that fate won't make him king; she believes the only way he could be king is to murder Duncan

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In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Macbeth begins as a man of integrity and is a noble man. Infact he was one of the king’s favorite fighters and subjects. But over time Macbeth becomes corrupt once the power and the crown are his. Macbeth first becomes power thirsty when he and Banquo were given a prophecy by the three weird sisters. The theme ambition shows up frequently in the character Macbeth, especially when it has some relation to murder and the throne, to get the throne to begin with, some examples are when he killed King Duncan, Macduff’s family and Banquo, to keep the throne.

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(Shakespeare I.iv.58-59) This shows Macbeth has the intention of claiming the crown for himself before he even talks to Lady Macbeth about what they should do when Duncan arrives at their castle. Furthermore, Shakespeare displays Macbeth's ambitions even earlier in the play while fighting against the rebels. The manner in which he fights against the rebels described by the Sergeant shows how passionate he is to fight on behalf of his king and drive the rebels back. Macbeth evidently has a very ambitious personality, but the way he uses the ambition is changed after hearing the “prophecies” of the

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In play Macbeth, Shakespeare reveals that an individual’s great desire for power will lead him/her to perform consequential deeds that will scar his/her conscience and change the outcome of his/her life eternally. Macbeth is informed by three witches that he is going to become king and this initiates Macbeth’s thought of becoming powerful. Macbeth doesn’t act on his thoughts until he tells his wife, Lady Macbeth, that he could become king. Lady Macbeth is extremely power hungry and does all she can to convince Macbeth to be just as desirable as her. Together, they come up with a plan to murder King Duncan, so that Macbeth can become king like the witches foretold.

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However, his ambition also did play its role in the whole act. His ambition to be the King of Scotland was born when he became Thane of Cawdor and thereafter started dreaming of being the King of Scotland. “They met me in the day of success; and I have more in them than mortal knowledge. When I burned in desire to question them further”. This statement echoed the intensity of Macbeth’s greed and ambition beyond the peak of a mountain.

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People doing other people wrong Deception of Macbeth Have you ever had a friend or family member hurt you to the point you didn’t want to be their friend anymore or around that family member? Many times in life there will be a bunch of times where people will deceive you and do you completely wrong. In Shakespeare's story Macbeth Lady Macbeth and Macbeth do quite a bite of deceiving throughout the story. There are three good examples of deception in Macbeth like being a trader, Macbeth killing Duncan and finally the last one is Lady Macbeth knows how to make Macbeth do the things she wants him to.

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I believe that there are three people to blame for the murder of Duncan. The three witches,Macbeth, Macbeth’s wife . They all had something to do with the murder. They all put the thought in Macbeth 's head that he would become king and that is what drove the blade through the old king. It doesn’t matter that the witches and the wife didn’t kill the king.

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To make the third prophecy a reality, to gain power, Macbeth agrees to attain the King’s throne through committing horrible crimes “Are less than horrible imaginings. My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man. That function is smothered in surmise, and nothing is but what is not.” (Macbeth.1.3. 142- 145). After the murder of Duncan, securing the Throne of Scotland, Macbeth has all the power in the Kingdom.

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In William Shakespeare's “Macbeth”, Lady Macbeth is responsible for King Duncan's death. Although other characters contributed to the death of king Duncan, such as Macbeth and the witches, Lady Macbeth is the most influential. After reading the letters Lady Macbeth believes the only way for Macbeth to get the crown is to kill Duncan. The three witches play an important role in the king's death, are not as responsible as Lady Macbeth, the witches never told Macbeth that he must kill the king in order for the prophecies to come trueLady Macbeth believes the king must die, from as soon as she learns of the witches prophecies.

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Macbeth” is a tragedy written by Shakespeare. The story is played somewhere between 1600 and was performed for King James 1.It is a tragedy about a man’s fall. It could be suggested that macbeth is responsible for the death of king Duncan. According to my point of view, Macbeth didn’t killed Duncan , banquo and macduff 's family because he wanted to be evil because he met the witches .He did everything because of ambition, jealousy , lust for power and because he was power hungry from the beginning.

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Macbeth is More Responsible In Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” Macbeth is seen to be as the one responsible for King Duncan’s murder, as Macbeth’s hands were the ones that actually killed King Duncan. However, while Macbeth may be thought of as ultimately responsible for his actions, but there are other influences that actually show on a closer inspection of the text, the three main influences to his decision are Lady Macbeth, himself, and the witches. This is (in my opinion) convincing evidence that Macbeth is completely responsible for the murder of King Duncan.

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Macbeth is also a power hungry man who would do just about anything to achieve his goal of becoming King. When Macbeth first hears the prophecies from the three witches he instantly became invested with the journey to become king. Similar to Lady Macbeth, nothing was going to come between him and his potential power, “My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, shakes so my single state of man. That function is smother'd in surmise, and nothing is but what is not” (1.3.52-55). This quote exemplifies how Macbeth’s initial solution to becoming king was murder.

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In the play of Macbeth, there are some characters that could be responsible for Duncan’s death. I personally think Lady Macbeth is the cause of Duncan's murder. She is the most ambitious to kill the king in the beginning of the play, pressuring Macbeth. Lady Macbeth was persuasive of driving Macbeth to commit the murder. She manipulates him to go through with the murder even though he was very doubtful about it.

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“If good, why do I yield to that suggestion[killing Duncan]/Whose horrid image doth unify my hair” (I, III, 144-145). This quote indicates that the force of ambition is so strong within Macbeth that even he himself cannot understand why it is making him think of killing Duncan. Likewise, Macbeth’s ambition to become king is further emphasized after Duncan names his son Malcolm as his successor. Here, Macbeth says that he will have to “oerleap,/For in my way it [Malcolm] it lies” (I, III, 55-57).

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