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Macbeth Divine Right Analysis

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Macbeth Essay William Shakespeare the author of the play “Macbeth” believed in the idea that kings rue by divine right. Divine Right is the ability to rule or be king by the will of God, an individual has no ability to change authority through his own capability. Shakespeare clearly show his view on the subject throughout this play. Macbeth was told by the witches that he will become king one day. Despite the fact that he would one day become king Lady Macbeth tempted Macbeth into murdering King Duncan in order to become king sooner. By doing this he became king and eliminated the possibility that he was chosen by God to rule. After he murdered Duncan he tried to get away with it and cover it up, this led to Macbeth getting tormented by his …show more content…

Macbeth was starting to see ghost and started yelling at the ghost while he was eating with his friends. His entire demeanor was self evident that something was wrong. “My noble partner You greet with present grace and great prediction of noble having and of royal hope, that he seems rapt withal. To me you speak not. If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak, then, to me, who neither beg nor fear your favors nor your hate. (1.3.57-64)”. Banquo in this passage wanted to see his fate from The Witches because he learned that Macbeth was able to see his future. He is another character who is trying manipulate his fate and become greater than he was meant to be. Macbeth managed to create his own fate and got him self to become king. I believe God let him become king and his suffering was punishment for killing Duncan. He went back to the witches and they gave him a new future and told him that we would be killed by a man born unnaturally by a …show more content…

Macbeth says,” The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, for in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires. the eye wink at the hand; yet let that be which the eye fears, when it is done, to see. (1.4.55-60) Many people think they can change their own fate but whatever happens it is because of another action and sometimes you may not like it but what really matters is how we deal with our fate. Whether you like it or not you must be pleased with it and life will become easier and if you try to go against you will your life will be getting

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Banquo says, “I fear thou play’ds most foully for’t” (Act 3 sc 1 lines 2-3). I feel that Banquo is seeing that Macbeth is getting everything that he wants and Banquo is noticing that it’s out of the ordinary and he ends up getting suspicious of Macbeth. Macbeth notices that Banquo is getting suspicious of him. Also, the weird sister told Macbeth that one of Banquo sons is going to be king one day. Macbeth doesn’t like the idea of both of these, so Macbeth hires murderers to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance.

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Macbeth hallucinates a vision of a bloody dagger pointing him in the direction of the king, and interprets it as a sign to go through with the murder; however, he goes back on his word a moment later, doubting its significance: “Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible / To feeling as to sight? or art thou but / A dagger of the mind, a false creation, / Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?” (Shakespeare II.

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If the stars shine their light, his “black and deep desire” will be revealed to everyone. Because he knows that what he is about to do is immoral and no one should hear about it, Macbeth is compos mentis. “The eye wink at the hand” refer to Macbeth’s wanting to blind his eyes so that he will not have to see the actions he will be making. Macbeth have an emotional conflict because he knows he might regret his actions later on and he is afraid to see the outcome. Due to the concerns he is having, Macbeth is still sane because he thinks about it before committing the actions.

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