Macbeth 2

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Malcolm has just become king he cannot see how the third prophesy will come true.
Macbeth’s wife solves his problem by telling him to kill Duncan. She tells him this after reading his letter to her and after hearing that the king is coming to her castle. She decides to’look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.’(I,v,63-65).
Lady Macbeth plays an important part in Macbeth’s spiral downwards into becoming a butcher by persuading him to commit his first murder. Macbeth doesn’t want to kill Duncan and has strong doubts about what he should do, as shown by what he says in act I, scene vii,’He’s in double trust here…..i am his kinsman strong against the deed , then as his host, who should against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife himself’
Lady Macbeth changes his mind by challenging his manhood,’When you durst do it, then you were a man’ and, to be more than what you were, you would ...

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accept Banquo’s suspicions/criticisms so he decides to kill him using the excuse that,’my genius is rebuk’d, as, it is said, Mark Antony was by Caesar.’ Macbeth has already started to show the first signs of being a butcher and a tyrant.

Banqou’s death is significant because it is initiated by Macbeth alone. He no longer needs Lady Macbeth to drive him. When Macbeth decides he will get Banquo murdered he is the one persuading the murderers to do it,’are you so gospell’d to pray good man and for his issue,whose heavy hand hath bow’d you to the grave and beggar’d yours forever?’(III,i,89-91) In addition, he is now ...

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