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What Is Macbeth Killing Duncan

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Insanity is defined as a “severely disordered state of the mind” (Merriam Webster). How does Won go from a high-ranking war general to Thane of Cawdor, a power-hungry murderer, and a man of no morality? The main character in Shakespeare's play Macbeth, Macbeth exemplifies this as he goes from being a man of honor to killing his king to take over. As time goes by, Macbeth’s moral compass slowly deteriorates and he becomes more and more insane. After the sudden death of Duncan, the former Thane of Cawdor, suspicions grow around Macbeth killing Duncan. As Macbeth is king, he slowly becomes more and more scared of losing the power he has and he is willing to do anything to make sure this doesn't happen. Consequently, throughout the play, Macbeth …show more content…

No one else can see the ghost, but Macbeth. Lady Macbeth “Prithee, see you there! Behold! The sleeve is beautiful! Look at the sandbox! Lo!” Lady Macbeth responds by saying “What, quite unmanned in folly?”, Macbeth says “What, quite unmanned in folly?” Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth, “Fie, for shame!”(. As shown here, Macbeth is experiencing hallucinations of super natural phenomena. At his Banquet he is the only one who can see the Banqous ghost and everyone else thinks he insane. Through this it is clear that Macbeth is insane as he see’s things that aren’t there. Furthermore, Macbeth goes to the three witches to make sure he can secure his kingship for the future. In order to satisfy Macbeth, they send him three apparitions, an armored head, a bloody child, and a crowned child holding a tree. The three apparitions instruct Macbeth to beware of Macduff but reassure him that no man born of woman can harm him and that he will not be overthrown until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane. Macbeth sees these three apparitions as a reassurance that his kingship is safe. This is false as these apparitions are misleading Macbeth into a false sense of

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