Macbeth

He has Macbeth himself explain it in 1,7:

"First as I am his kinsman and his subject, both strong against the deed, then as his host who should against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been so clear in his great office, that his virtues will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against the deep damnation of his taking-off."

1. Macbeth is Duncan's cousin.

2. This is regicide.

3. A host is bound to protect his guest. It's horrific to kill someone who is your guest.

4. Duncan is a meek and gentle (some would say dimwitted) person

5. Duncan is an honest king

This should be enough, but many directors go further to make the murder seem monstrous. In many productions, Duncan is portrayed as fifty or sixty years older than his sons and way older than his cousin Macbeth. Not only is he a feeble and elderly man, but he is saintly. However, Shakespeare did not actually write Duncan as an elderly king, although he is obviously old enough to have young adults for sons.

Both Lennox and the lord he is speaking with suspect Macbeth of killing Duncan and Banquo

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Lady Macbeth is telling Macbeth to grow up and just kill the King. But Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that she cant kill him since he looks like her father, this shows the reader that Lady Macbeth isn't as crazy as we think she is.

Macduff kills Macbeth. That fulfills the prophecy.

Macbeth tries to defeat the prophecy of "Beware Macduff" by killing Macduff's family. He is initially unconcerned with the final prophecy because he views it as impossible, even though everything else the witches have said have come true. His hubris and total lust for power blind him to these "truths."

Macbeth's attitude to the prophecies is not as straightforward as the simpleminded suggestion that he is governed by hubris and a lust for power would imply. Indeed I would suggest that he is governed by neither. What he is governed by, after Duncan is killed, is fear. He does not lust for power--he does not want to invade England, for example--but he is afraid of losing the power and authority he has. He is afraid that, since he came by the throne illegitimately, nobody will respect him. He is afraid that Banquo suspects him. Why else does he say "My fears in Banquo stick deep."? He is afraid that Macduff does not respect him as king. Why else does he say, "How sayst thou that Macduff denies his person at our great bidding?"

Part of him wants to trust the prophecies, to have that faith that quenches fear. But another part of him is afraid that the prophecies will cheat him, and that he himself must take action to fulfill them or thwart them. So, rather than let "fate crown him", he embarks on the murder to hurry the process along. Rather than accept that Banquo will "get kings", he tries to prevent it by killing him and Fleance. Rather than accept that Macduff is dangerous to him, but nobody of woman born is, he'll "make assurance doubly sure" by killing Macduff.

Macbeth is not proud or arrogant. He is frightened and desperate. He clings to the prophecies in hope that they will protect him from the danger he sees all around him. And when he realizes that that hope is a sham, he is ready to give up. Only Macduff's threat to humiliate him (the Greeks would have found Macduff to be very hubristic) blows some life into the fading ember of Macbeth's self-respect. His last speech is of a man left to his last desperate recourse:

Though Birnam Wood be come to Dunsinane,

And thou opposed being of no woman born,

Yet I will try the last. Before my body

I throw my warlike shield. Lay on, Macduff,

And damned be him that first cries, "Hold, enough!"

King James 1st of England had previously ascended the throne of Scotland as King James 6th. But although he was King of Scotland and so was Macbeth, they were no' related. King James was supposed to be descended from Banquo who was no relation of Macbeth's

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The Third Apparition

"All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis" - what he already is

"All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor" - who lives

"All hail Macbeth, that shalt be King herafter"

and for Banquo they said his children will be kings

She is afraid that Macbeth, being a careful and cautious man, will estimate that the potential benefits of becoming king are not a good enough reason to kill Duncan. Her plan is to put pressure on him to commit the murder.

Macbeth is stating that Banquo is dead. It highlights Macbeth's fear and consciousness.

modern translation: There is no marrow in your bones; your blood is cold.

Lady Macbeth will become Queen of Scotland. The reason why she wants him to commit treason is for the benefit of her crafty self. When he becomes King she will become Queen. She is not thinking of anyone bar herself and she is using Macbeth to get to the throne. Macbeth sadly falls for his 'good' wife's idea and ends up committing a bad deed!

Man as a sinner.

According to the Lord in scene 6, "The son of Duncan . . . lives in the English court. . . . Thither Macduff is gone."

It's from a poem by Richard Lovelace, "To Lucasta, Going off to the Wars" - although it's a bit misquoted.

The exact quote would be "

I could not love thee, Dear, so much,

Loved I not Honour more. "

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TO make sure that it was carried through. Some even think that the third murderer was Macbeth

Either one of Malcolm's sons (who are not mentioned, so at the time of the events in the play, he may or may not have had sons). In the case that Malcolm did not have sons, (or if he did have them and they were killed or for some reason they were unable to take the throne) Donalbain, Malcolms brother and Duncan's second son, would be next in line for the throne and would become the King.

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To receive satisfaction from the hopelessly impaired part of the Narnia

Thanes are like governors, and the title of thane was later turned into Earl (when Malcolm became king, "Thanes, henceforth become Earls"). Glamis (pronounced "glahm-s") is an area/province of Scotland. Macbeth holds the title of Thane of Glamis, making him the governor/local ruler of Glamis.

Who is killed by Macbeth in the final battle?

The young SIWARD was.

And his father asks whether he was wounded in the front or the back?

And what it seemed like was if he was killed in the back he must have run like a little wuss, but if he got wounded in the front that means he was fighting and trying to do something right.

Wrong play. The expression "pound of flesh" comes not from Macbeth but from The Merchant of Venice.

He feels traumatised, but he's encouraged by Lady Macbeth and his ambition for power.

"Sorry I'm late; I had trouble parking the car. So did I miss anything in scenes one and two?"