Who Killed King Duncan in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

Who Killed King Duncan in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

Who was too blame for the Murder of King Duncan? There are four major

factors in the murder Lady Macbeth, Fate, the Witches and Macbeth

himself.

Macbeth himself committed the murder of Duncan so of course has some

of the blame for the murder. His ambition and his thrust also made him

do the crime. For Macbeth when the bait was dangled in front of him he

could not resist taking a bite for when he knew that he had been made

Thane of Cawdor and one prophecy had come true he wanted the next

prophecy to also be true. At the point Macbeth is told he will be

Thane of Cawdor by the witches there is dramatic irony because the

audience already know Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and he doesn't.

When Macbeth wanted to back out his wife curses him so he goes through

with it. Macbeth is to blame for Duncan's murder but not completely.

After Duncan's murder his sons flee and Macbeth is declared king,

Macbeth turns untrustworthy and knowing that Banquo's kindred will

someday be king Macbeth kills him, but Banquo's son Fleance lives and

gets away. Macbeth then proceeds to kill the assassins. That night,

Macbeth begins his first step in his spiral towards madness. His

murderous treachery continues until he reaches the castle of Macduff.

Macbeth and his soldiers butcher Macduff's wife and children. So

sealing Macbeth's fate.

Because of the time the play was written, maybe Macbeth represents a

small part in King James Ist, James's wariness his distrusting manner,

for it is common knowledge that after (and before) The Gunpowder Plot

James always wore full armor under his clothes.

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... represents a once mighty drug

baron now gone completely to seed. In another version (Roman Polanski)

he is depicted as an old king and in the Judi Dench version he is

shown as a God worshipping old man who can barely walk by himself.

Duncan also leaves himself open to attack by being to trusting, this

is shown at the start of the play when Duncan is looking over the body

of the Thane of Cawdor and he says that he trusted Cawdor. So Duncan

doesn't really help himself.

The witches of course

But nobody can beat fate, Macbeth is slain by the witches deception,

their pure evil and his own thirst for blood. Macbeth's wife is killed

by her ambition, but how did these two people meet? Fate. Macbeth's

secret desire and savageness married with his wife's ambition and

drive brought these two to a deserved, fateful death.