Killing him in his sleep. Scandalous!
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plan to murder King Duncan by inviting him to their castle as guests, then waiting until he is asleep to kill him. They plan to frame the chamberlains for the murder by planting the murder weapons on them.
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plan to blame the murder of King Duncan on his chamberlains by framing them with the daggers used in the assassination.
why was macbeth releuctant to kill duncan
They were killed by Macbeth because he blamed them for Duncan's murder.
Macbeth plans to go to Duncan's chamber in the morning to murder him and fulfill the prophecy that he will become king.
Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to follow through with the plan to murder Duncan. She calls him a coward and less than a man, prodding Macbeth to follow her plan. Macbeth agrees to murder Duncan that night.
He realizes that the murder is not a good idea and decides not to proceed with it.
When Macbeth doesn't kill Duncan, lady Macbeth decides to insult and question his manhood. Her beliefs are that manhood can only be defined through murder. And in a way Lady Macbeth 'dares' Macbeth to kill Duncan. Macbeth encouraged by his wife's determination and the chance to prove his manhood agrees to continue with the murder.
After the murder of King Duncan it was planned that Macbeth would place the bloody daggers next to the drugged soldiers that were supposed to be keeping watch over King Duncan. This was to be done in order to make the people of Scotland believe that the soldiers had executed the murder.
The king's servants who are blamed for King Duncan's murder are killed by Macbeth as part of his plan to frame them for the crime. Macbeth does this to shift suspicion away from himself and Lady Macbeth, who are the true perpetrators of the murder.
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Lady Macbeth helped murder King Duncan by encouraging and manipulating her husband, Macbeth, to carry out the murder. She devised the plan, provided the logistics, and urged Macbeth to complete the deed. She also drugged the guards to ensure they would be unconscious during the deed.