Write a short essay analyzing the causes that lead Macbeth to the agreement of murdering Duncan.
In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare many
causes lead Macbeth to murder Duncan. Some of these causes are the influence
of his wife Lady Macbeth and his hidden desire to become King. One of the
main reasons I believe that lead Macbeth into actually killing Duncan was
when Duncan crowned Malcolm the next heir to the throne.
Macbeth was traveling back to their campsite
when he and Banquo came upon the three witches. The witches then told them
of Macbeth's prophecies of becoming Thane of Cawdor and then becoming King.
Of course Macbeth was very skeptical of the witches and did not fully believe
the witches. Banquo on the other hand was very interested in the witches
prophecies. What happened next were unbelieveable to Macbeth. Macbeth was
crowned Thane of Cawdor and the proof of that was the gold chain that was
handed over to him. Having that happened made Macbeth believe that the
witches might be right about him becoming King and Macbeth's hope of becoming
King was about to come true in his mind.
When they returned back to King Duncan to report
the events that happened Macbeth's hope of becoming was shattered by Duncan
crowning Malcolm the next of kin. Macbeth's thoughts waas of how did Malcolm
become next of King when he (Macbeth) waas the one that fought for them.
That was the one major event I believe was the cause of him murdering Duncan.
Besides that cause the other cause was of Lady Macbeth's influence that
led him to murder Duncan. Lady Macbeth knew that becoming King to Macbeth
was as important as it was to her and knew the only way to make him actually
do the deed was to make him realize how good of a King he would be. Macbeth
wanted to back out of the last minute and not kill Duncan, but Lady Macbeth
was there to intervene and called Macbeth a coward and not a man to do
the deed. Wanting to prove that he was indeed a man and not a coward, he
murdered Duncan.
Analyze the immediate result of the murder of Duncan