As king Duncan will be visiting Macbeth’s domain, lady Macbeth sees and opportunity that cannot be passed, to kill king Duncan in his sleep. Her greed and ambition far surpasses Macbeth’s, and she persuades him to conspire against the king. Macbeth hesitates and thinks long and hard, but when Duncan declares that his son will be the next king instead of
Although he is powerful and dominant, he has a lust for more and becomes impatient for the time he will be crowned king. Anxious for the possibility of becoming royalty, Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth encourages Macbeth to take control and murder King Duncan while he is visiting Macbeth in his castle. Although Macbeth hesitates at first, he is compelled to be forceful to guarantee that he becomes king. Macbeth’s character is transformed from a faithful protector of King Duncan to a hysteric murderer when he kills King Duncan during his stay in Macbeth’s own home.
Macbeth gives many reasons as to why he does not want to kill Duncan. One reason he does not want to kill Duncan is because he is afraid of getting caught. He says that if he does kill Duncan, he needs to do it quickly because killing the king would be dangerous. Another reason he is hesitant to kill Duncan is because he is his kinsman. He feels like he will be going against a lot of rules by harming his guest.
Macbeth shows that he is willing to kill King Duncan because he is interested in the witches prophecy, after they tell him that he will become ‘Thane of Cawdor’ and then the King.
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.
[and]crown [him]without [his] stir” or kill Duncan to guarantee his title (1.3.144-145). However, between hearing about Malcolm’s designation to succeed Duncan’s throne and his “black and deep desires” for power, Macbeth makes the final decision to believe in free will rather than fate by concluding that murdering the king is necessary in order to immediately acquire King Duncan’s title
Macbeth doesn’t want to kill Duncan, but knows he has to to become king quickly. He could wait and let things happen, but why miss your
Macbeth had another chance to change his outcome. his wife was consumed with the idea that he would become king, so much so that she pushed him to kill the current King. She said she couldn 't do it because King Duncan looked too much like her own father. Macbeth could have easily dismissed this and not listened to his mentally dwindling wife, “Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, that my keen knife see not the wound it makes, nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, to cry ‘hold, hold!’” He followed the instructions of his wife and killed the king.
He could even live as King for many years and rule the nation, but he could also be killed. I think that if he chooses to kill the King then the King will not only lose his life, but Macbeth will lose his source of identity. Macbeth will know that he is a murderer, and he will know of
This small interaction ends up with Macbeth killing King Duncan and taking the throne, just like the prophecy said. Macbeth was never an evil person. At the beginning of the story, he was an honorable man, known far and wide for his victories in battle. Ever since he met the witches, everything began to crumble—his relationships, his honor, and even losing himself in his quest to become king. Macbeth became paranoid; he couldn't rest and was worried that if people found out, he would go to great lengths, even killing his right-hand man, Banquo.
In fact, with the King’s murder MacBeth gains his power, freeing him from many who before had a hold over him that he could not shake. Another example of MacBeth trying to free himself from others’ power is in the murder of Banquo and the attempted murder of his son, Fleance. This happens in Act III, scene I, when he says, “Banquo, thy soul’s light / if it finds heaven / must find it tonight,” lines 140-141. With the knowledge that Banquo’s sons will one day become king, MacBeth is fearful of being overthrown by them. Killing the two of them would hypothetically free him from their potential power he may one day face.
I think that Macbeth should not kill the King because he knows that it is against his own morals. If Macbeth were to kill the King, the one pro would be that Macbeth would be the new King. This is something that Macbeth has dreamed about for a long time and he will not let anyone get in the way of it. There are many cons of killing the King in which Macbeth ruminates. One of these cons is the guilt that will haunt Macbeth for the rest of his life: “Let not light see my black and deep desires”(Macbeth Act 1 Sc 4 li. 59).
He now perceives that in order to become king he has to step over some people, kill them. For all intents and purposes, how can he become king if Duncan is already running the position? Executing Duncan was the only option in order for him to become king, at least to his regards. Despite his bad ambition, Macbeth is not happy about committing murder, not to the slightest. It's like if he'd close his eyes and reopened them (hoping to see things differently)
The story of Macbeth started out with Macbeth being a noble and righteous man but in the end he became a ruthless tyrant hated by all. Macbeth knew that if he didn't change his ways he would of never been king so he weighted being king, ruler of scotland or just a nobel that would had to quietly obey the king. Macbeth knew the consequences and even so being king to him seemed much better than a measly nobel. Even when Macbeth was told by 3 witches that he was going to indeed become him he was stuck with two choices either one wait it out however long it may be and become him or assassinate the current king, Duncan and seize his throne and become king in that instance. Macbeth had thought it through and then said “Now I’m decided and I will exert every muscle in my body to commit this crime”(Pg 47).
In this world, there are many people who always dreamt to become the person that they really wished for and they will do whatever it takes to achieve their dream. In this tragedy, Macbeth dreams to become the king of Scotland but the only way to take the crown is by killing King Duncan. Macbeth does not want to commit a murder but Lady Macbeth is insisting him to do it. “What beast was’t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man;” (I.vii.49-51).
