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Hi. Am I allowed to post english questions? I had to write a paper on the cause of Duncan's death in macbeth. What do you think of my paper? What should I change or add? Please help. I need a really good grade on this. I'm not really good in english. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cause of King Duncan’s Death in Shakespeare’s Macbeth
In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, King Duncan’s death was caused by Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, and Duncan himself. All three of these things led to the eventual death of Duncan. Duncan made it easy for someone to kill him because he trusted everyone that was deceiving him. Lady Macbeth’s desire to be queen made her think of a plan for Macbeth to kill Duncan. Macbeth is the one that actually did the killing but was almost seduced into doing it by Lady Macbeth.
Lady Macbeth is one of the causes of Duncan’s death, by convincing Macbeth to kill Duncan. She says that she would love to be queen and reveals her evil intents to be so in her small soliloquy. In act I, scene V, she says, “That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan” (I.V.25). This foreshadows that Duncan shall arrive that night and something fatal will happen to him. This is ironic because Duncan is about to die but Duncan has no clue. Lady Macbeth has already planned what will happen to Duncan and she is full with evil intentions for him. In the same scene she also says, “That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here” (I.V. 39). She says she wishes she were a man so she could kill Duncan herself. Lady Macbeth also says to Macbeth, “O never shall sun that morrow see,” this alliteration foreshadows that Duncan will not be alive the following morning (I. V. 59-60). Lady Macbeth had planned for Duncan to be murdered by Macbeth early on in the tragedy.
After the commands from Lady Macbeth to kill Duncan, Macbeth doesn’t have a chance to speak. Lady Macbeth cluttered Macbeth’s head with images of killing king Duncan, and he can’t think of doing anything else because she won’t allow him to. In act I, scene VII, lines 58-59 Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that she will be furious if he does not kill Duncan for her when she says, “And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this.” Now Macbeth has his mind set on killing Duncan because his dear Lady Macbeth will be infuriated if he doesn’t do it. Lady Macbeth starts directing Macbeth on how they will kill Duncan, and since Macbeth is brainwashed by her he complies.
After the witches told Macbeth that he was to be king, he decided that if fate had determined that he was to be king he should not try to reach the throne by his own actions, and let it eventually come. Macbeth said, “If Chance will have me king, why chance may crown me, without my stir” (I. III. 44-45). However, it was Lady Macbeth who convinced him to murder the king so that he could take the throne, “Hie thee hither, that I may pour my spirits in thine ear” (I. V. 23-24). Lady Macbeth was more of a cause to Duncan’s murder than Macbeth himself as she used her position as a wife and a woman to seduce her husband into the sin. Macbeth caused Duncan’s death because he physically committed the crime. Macbeth was persuaded by Lady Macbeth to kill Duncan even though he did not want to. He should have stopped Lady Macbeth but it is his own fault for permitting Lady Macbeth to tell him what to do. Macbeth reveals his thoughts on why he should not kill King Duncan in a soliloquy at the start of act I, scene VII. He comes up with all kinds of reasons why he shouldn’t kill Duncan but he is too cowardly to admit that he does not want to do it to Lady Macbeth. Later on in that scene when Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are talking about the murder, Macbeth tries to break his promise and not kill the king but Lady Macbeth convinces him to do it. He should have been more of a man to Lady Macbeth and not so soft. Because he was so soft with her he was persuaded to kill Duncan.
Finally, one last culprit for Duncan’s death is Duncan himself. His own sightless trust in the members of his court, even though one of them had betrayed him, is what condemned him. He is over confident with Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The young, valiant, cruel traitor, Macbeth serves as a foil to the old, venerable, peaceable, and trusting king. Duncan just observes the hostess (Lady Macbeth) and says, “See, see our honored hostess, the love that follow us sometime is our trouble” (I. VI. 10). He doesn’t even think to see any deception within Lady Macbeth. Ironically when Duncan refers to the original Thane of Cawdor after he was told of his execution, “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face, he was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust.” He is mindlessly talking about the other Thane of Cawdor as well (Macbeth), as if this was what he would have said after his own murder (I. IV. 12-14). The crucial mistake Duncan made was to trust the same person twice, the Thane of Cawdor. This fault was fatal as it proved to be later on.
Duncan’s murder was caused by Lady Macbeth’s want to be queen, which led to Macbeth listening to her to kill Duncan. But Macbeth’s ability to kill Duncan was caused by Duncan’s trusting of everyone. Duncan led to his own death because if he did not trust Lady Macbeth and Macbeth would have probably not been able to kill him. Since Duncan was weak Lady Macbeth knew that Duncan could be easily be killed which caused her to persuade Macbeth into doing it.
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Cause of King Duncan’s Death in Shakespeare’s Macbeth
In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, King Duncan’s death was caused by Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, and Duncan himself. All three of these things led to the eventual death of Duncan. Duncan made it easy for someone to kill him because he trusted everyone that was deceiving him. Lady Macbeth’s desire to be queen made her think of a plan for Macbeth to kill Duncan. Macbeth is the one that actually did the killing but was almost seduced into doing it by Lady Macbeth.
Lady Macbeth is one of the causes of Duncan’s death, by convincing Macbeth to kill Duncan. She says that she would love to be queen and reveals her evil intents to be so in her small soliloquy. In act I, scene V, she says, “That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan” (I.V.25). This foreshadows that Duncan shall arrive that night and something fatal will happen to him. This is ironic because Duncan is about to die but Duncan has no clue. Lady Macbeth has already planned what will happen to Duncan and she is full with evil intentions for him. In the same scene she also says, “That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here” (I.V. 39). She says she wishes she were a man so she could kill Duncan herself. Lady Macbeth also says to Macbeth, “O never shall sun that morrow see,” this alliteration foreshadows that Duncan will not be alive the following morning (I. V. 59-60). Lady Macbeth had planned for Duncan to be murdered by Macbeth early on in the tragedy.
After the commands from Lady Macbeth to kill Duncan, Macbeth doesn’t have a chance to speak. Lady Macbeth cluttered Macbeth’s head with images of killing king Duncan, and he can’t think of doing anything else because she won’t allow him to. In act I, scene VII, lines 58-59 Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that she will be furious if he does not kill Duncan for her when she says, “And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this.” Now Macbeth has his mind set on killing Duncan because his dear Lady Macbeth will be infuriated if he doesn’t do it. Lady Macbeth starts directing Macbeth on how they will kill Duncan, and since Macbeth is brainwashed by her he complies.
After the witches told Macbeth that he was to be king, he decided that if fate had determined that he was to be king he should not try to reach the throne by his own actions, and let it eventually come. Macbeth said, “If Chance will have me king, why chance may crown me, without my stir” (I. III. 44-45). However, it was Lady Macbeth who convinced him to murder the king so that he could take the throne, “Hie thee hither, that I may pour my spirits in thine ear” (I. V. 23-24). Lady Macbeth was more of a cause to Duncan’s murder than Macbeth himself as she used her position as a wife and a woman to seduce her husband into the sin. Macbeth caused Duncan’s death because he physically committed the crime. Macbeth was persuaded by Lady Macbeth to kill Duncan even though he did not want to. He should have stopped Lady Macbeth but it is his own fault for permitting Lady Macbeth to tell him what to do. Macbeth reveals his thoughts on why he should not kill King Duncan in a soliloquy at the start of act I, scene VII. He comes up with all kinds of reasons why he shouldn’t kill Duncan but he is too cowardly to admit that he does not want to do it to Lady Macbeth. Later on in that scene when Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are talking about the murder, Macbeth tries to break his promise and not kill the king but Lady Macbeth convinces him to do it. He should have been more of a man to Lady Macbeth and not so soft. Because he was so soft with her he was persuaded to kill Duncan.
Finally, one last culprit for Duncan’s death is Duncan himself. His own sightless trust in the members of his court, even though one of them had betrayed him, is what condemned him. He is over confident with Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The young, valiant, cruel traitor, Macbeth serves as a foil to the old, venerable, peaceable, and trusting king. Duncan just observes the hostess (Lady Macbeth) and says, “See, see our honored hostess, the love that follow us sometime is our trouble” (I. VI. 10). He doesn’t even think to see any deception within Lady Macbeth. Ironically when Duncan refers to the original Thane of Cawdor after he was told of his execution, “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face, he was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust.” He is mindlessly talking about the other Thane of Cawdor as well (Macbeth), as if this was what he would have said after his own murder (I. IV. 12-14). The crucial mistake Duncan made was to trust the same person twice, the Thane of Cawdor. This fault was fatal as it proved to be later on.
Duncan’s murder was caused by Lady Macbeth’s want to be queen, which led to Macbeth listening to her to kill Duncan. But Macbeth’s ability to kill Duncan was caused by Duncan’s trusting of everyone. Duncan led to his own death because if he did not trust Lady Macbeth and Macbeth would have probably not been able to kill him. Since Duncan was weak Lady Macbeth knew that Duncan could be easily be killed which caused her to persuade Macbeth into doing it.
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