Oh, what treachery! And to think of how I have trusted Macbeth, only to now find him standing above me, dagger raised. He must have crept in while I was sleeping and to my horror I have woken up just in time to see my attacker, to know what is to come next. I would rather to have remained asleep. I will surely not survive this. Here I am, defenceless, in my own attacker’s bed. But why? There can only be one explanation: Macbeth wishes to steal my title of King. He has gotten a taste for power and now hungers for more. He is poised in such a monstrous way that I FEAR what is to happen in these next moments. Will these next seconds be my last?
There is nothing that can scare a king more than seeing death before him and having no way to alert his kingdom. Macbeth, once a good friend, a new enemy, maybe the last face I’ll ever see. I think I should scream or fight or run but I’ve realised that any movement will cause the beast to execute his bloody plan with that dagger. “I could hear a bell in my slumber, I’ve been summoned to heaven or to hell (indirect quote).”He stands over me armed and with much greater strength than I do, all outcomes of a fight are in his
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I’ve given him nothing but support and he not only betrays me but choses to murder me with his own traitorous hands. I remember and so deeply regret making him Thane of Cawdor. He had seemed so loyal the way that Sergeant had spoken of him that day. “For brave Macbeth, Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel (Page 12, Act 1, Scene 2)” he had said, and from that I had believed him to be a loyal soldier, deserving of the title- Thane of Cawdor, I’d replied with “Noble Macbeth hath won” as though he deserved greatness. Now I see that this thieving traitor does not deserve to be a thane of a junkyard. Even less does he deserve the title of King. Murdering me will not get him that title, the kingdom, MY kingdom, will see through