Who Is To Blame For Duncan's Death In Macbeth

Macbeth killed kingKing Duncan and many others, however Lady Macbeth is as much to blame as Macbeth is for the murders . Lady Macbeth set Macbeth on the wrong path. She wanted the witcheswitch’s prophecies to come true quicker than they would naturally, so she convinces Macbeth to kill kingKing Duncan in order to make him become king. Because he killed kingKing Duncan, he starts to go crazy thinking people will find out what he had done and orders their murders. Lady Macbeth made Macbeth murder King Duncan and this act set him down a path of crime and destruction.

Gigi Beattie Mr. Sherman Honors English 10 Grey 28 January 2016 Duncan- the Naive yet Benevolent King In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Duncan is highly envied among many due to his high status and possession of power as king of Scotland. One is so envious that he is willing to murder for his power. Macbeth, one of Scotland’s valiant soldiers, brutally murders Duncan.

Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a play in which the main character, Macbeth, makes horrible choices, including murder, to become and remain a powerful ruler. Three witches tell him his fate: he will become the Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and the king. Because Macbeth believes in the supernatural, he takes matters into his own hands with becoming king. He personally murders the current king and hires people to murder several others.

Who out of the Macbeths is more responsible of Duncan’s Death? Duncan was a great and noble king to all people. Killing him would have made no sense to anyone if he was such a good guy, unless it was for something they wanted out of it, like the throne. This is what Macbeth was urging and wishing to get being told by three witches that he would take the throne and be crowned king.

ohn Keating English Honors Lady Macbeth Must Take Some Blame for Her Husband's Destruction In Macbeth, a play written by Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth is partially responsible for the destruction of her husband. Lady Macbeth is not a monster without feelings, however she is tricky and cunning when she influences Macbeth to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth's ability to influence her husband leads the audience to believe that she is the primary cause for the destruction of Macbeth.

    In the third scene of the first act, Banquo** asks, "...have we eaten on the insane root that takes the reason prisoner?" in response to the witches' prophecies.  Banquo is partly right in the assumption that Macbeth's mind is not pure.  When Macbeth says "The Prince of Cumberland!  That is a step/ On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap" (Act 1, Scene 4, 48-49), we see that Macbeth may have already the idea of killing Duncan.  Macbeth's ultimate goal is to become king; he does this with a certain amount of ease, but the process somehow awakens his tragic flaw, the ruthlessness with which he destroys his own reign.  After he kills the dead king's servents, his targets are Banquo and Fleance, who have heard or are involved in the third prophecy.  Macbeth sends the three murderers who stab the famous dying words out of Banquo's mouth: "Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! (Act 3, Scene 3, 17).  Macbeth must crush dissent  he kills Macduff's wife and children.  Macbeth's reign of non-stop killing erodes Scotland's confidence in him and he has no chance

In the play Macbeth, the witches told Macbeth that he will be a king one day, so he decided to kill Duncan to become a king. However, the way Macbeth read the prophecy was not right. There could be other ways to become a king instead of killing Duncan. Therefore, he needs to be punished for the murder. Even after he has slain Duncan, he was afraid of the prophecy that he killed Banquo and the family of Macduff. His aspiration led innocent killed, and for these three reasons, he should be sentenced for murdered.

When someone is assassinated or murdered, who’s fault is it? The assassin or the person who ordered the assassination? In the tragedy by Shakespeare, Macbeth, it is the person who ordered the assassination. The evil duo, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, started a chain of assassinations to prevent anyone from halting Macbeth’s reign as king. This line of assassinations started with the previous King Duncan, and the mastermind behind it all, Lady Macbeth.

When Macbeth was told that he was going to be king one day, there were two things that happened. One was that this was going to happen no matter what, whether a few days later, or a few years later. The other is that Macbeth had no intentions of taking over Duncan’s throne by killing him at first. In fact, he just wanted fate to determine his future. We can see this when he states that, “if chance

In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, a Scottish nobleman turned king goes on a murderous and insane rampage before he is killed. Macbeth is the story of the Scottish thane and king, Macbeth, who kills Duncan to find his way to the throne only to be killed by Macduff, a soldier in the army led by Duncan's son, Malcom. He kills Duncan, Duncan’s Guards, Banquo, Lady Macduff and her children, and Young Siward. Throughout the play, Macbeth’s self-regard and masculinity are questioned by his wife, Lady Macbeth, as well as the weird sisters manipulating Macbeth into killing Duncan. Also, Macbeth is driven into insanity by his perpetuating anxiety of being uncovered.

“Macbeth” a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, portrays, how the main character Macbeth, transforms from a war hero, to a murdering villain. Macbeth starts out as the thane of Glamis and steadily rises to become King of Scotland. The higher Macbeth rose on his road of power the more corrupt and evil he became. The character change of Macbeth ignites the whole theme of the play.

Lady Macbeth brings out Macbeth’s tragic flaw when she proposes the idea of killing King Duncan and he states, “I have no spur . . . but only vaulting ambition” (1.7.25-27). Once King Duncan has been murdered, this flaw is revealed because his actions reflect on his ambition to stay king. Macbeth begins by planning on killing Banquo and his son because the witches told Banquo “thou shalt get kings, thought thou be none” (1.3.68). Macbeth must kill Banquo and his son, so no one will have the opportunity to take the crown away from him. When Macbeth sends murderers to kill them, Fleance can get away while Banquo is brutally attacked; however, luckily for Macbeth, Fleance is never heard from again. When Macbeth goes to visit the witches again and the first apparition tells him to “beware Macduff” (4.1.71-72), he then realizes he must eliminate any other obstacle that could potentially keep him from staying king. He says he will “give to th’edge o’th’sword his wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls” (4.1.150-151) just to ensure his throne. By doing these horrible deeds, Macbeth proves he is willing to go above and beyond to remain king until his

After this Macbeth kills Macduff whole family and servants to send Macduff a message for being disloyal and he thinks that Macduff suspects him of something as well. This is shown when Macbeth says “The castle of Macduff I will surprise, Seize upon Fife, give to th' edge o' th' sword His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls That trace him in his

Thane of Cawdor to me promise no less to them' (act 1, scene 3, page

Murdering King Duncan in the start of the play displays the confidence that Macbeth has regardless of his doubtful attitude in pulling the knife. Leading up to the murder Macbeth is questioning his abilities, “If we should fail?” (PAGE 95) he asks his wife prior to doing the deed. Lady Macbeth quickly mocks him in a way that makes him feel guilty for ever doubting himself, “We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we”ll not fail.” (Page 95). This reassures Macbeth, as shortly after this conversation he goes to pay Duncan a visit while he sleeps. This murder is not shown on the stage to mirror the characters perspective of the killing. They remain in the dark about the events that took place that night so Shakespeare ensures