“For brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name - Disdaining Fortune, with his brandish'd steel, which smoked with bloody execution, like valour's minion carved out his passage ill he faced the slave;”

“As cannons overcharged with double cracks, so they doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe:”

When King Duncan hears of Macbeth’s heroics, he is extremely pleased with Macbeth’s loyalty and his service to him and his country. He also hears how The Thane of Cawdor betrayed him and his country and he is absolutely dismayed. He explains how he had every bit of his trust in The Thane of Cawdor. He tells Ross, a warrior who brought King Duncan the message of Macbeth’s heroics, that he wants The Thane of Cawdor to be executed. He tells Ross how he wants Macbeth to have the title “Thane of Cawdor”. At this point, Macbeth is returning from battle with Banquo and knows nothing of his new title ye

Therefore, there are a number of reasons as to why Macbeth murdered King Duncan. Macbeth was extremely ambitious and desperately wanted to become King. The witches’ prophecies were also to blame, if it had not been for them, Macbeth may not have ever realistically thought about being King. However, as a result of the witches’ prophecies, Macbeth was extremely disappointed that Malcolm was elected by Duncan to be Heir to the throne and therefore believed he himself had to do something. Obviously Lady Macbeth had a big influence on Macbeth. She persuaded him to commit the crime even when Macbeth had decided against it. Finally, Macbeth was never really sure whether to Murder Duncan or not, but when he visualised the dagger directing him to Duncan’s chamber he followed and went ahead with it.

In the next scene, Lay Macbeth reads a letter sent to her by Macbeth. She reads of the witches’ prophecies and hears how Macbeth is the new Thane of Cawdor. She is also just as ambitious as Macbeth, and evil thoughts starts to occur in her mind. She also reads about the Kings visit that night.

“What beast was't, then, that made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man… You would be so much more the man… I would, while it was smiling in my face, have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, and dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this.”

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