King Duncan Analysis
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- Created on: 01-10-18 09:40
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- King Duncan
- Establishes Macbeth's high status character
- "O valiant cousin, noble gentleman" when hearing of Macbeth's battle
- "Gentleman": high status + masculinity- given after Macbeth kills people in battle
- By promoting idea of violence= power, Duncan unwittingly caused his own death
- "Gentleman": high status + masculinity- given after Macbeth kills people in battle
- "O valiant cousin, noble gentleman" when hearing of Macbeth's battle
- Fair ruler- acts structurally
- Can be ruthless
- Also delivers praise
- "Go pronounce his present death(old Thane)...with his former title greet Macbeth"
- Can be ruthless
- "Go pronounce his present death(old Thane)...with his former title greet Macbeth"
- Genuine, well-respected leader presiding over an ordered society
- Macbeth: "his silver skin" and "golden blood"
- These colours + precious metals have regal, positive connotations of value
- When Duncan dies: nature is disordered- day and night get blurred + "Duncan's horses eat each other"
- Jacobean Era: Chain of Being, so if you commit regicide, it's a grand violation of the universe, society etc
- Measure of power + stature: when Duncan dies, entire world begins to fail
- Would have pandered to King James 1
- When Duncan dies: nature is disordered- day and night get blurred + "Duncan's horses eat each other"
- Measure of power + stature: when Duncan dies, entire world begins to fail
- Macbeth: "his silver skin" and "golden blood"
- Used to magnify Macbeth's incompetency to rule + juxtaposes Macbeth
- Eg, feast + inability to kill Fleance
- Too naive- gullible + easily deceived
- "There is no art to find the mind's construction in the face"
- Hard for Duncan to know what people are actually thinking
- Deceived by two Thane of Cawdors- original + Macbeth
- Hard for Duncan to know what people are actually thinking
- OR: Could add to dramatic irony
- Duncan shows up at Macbeth's castle, just after audience heard Macbeth's regicidal plans
- "This castle hath a pleasant seat"
- King Duncan
- Establishes Macbeth's high status character
- "O valiant cousin, noble gentleman" when hearing of Macbeth's battle
- "Gentleman": high status + masculinity- given after Macbeth kills people in battle
- By promoting idea of violence= power, Duncan unwittingly caused his own death
- "Gentleman": high status + masculinity- given after Macbeth kills people in battle
- "O valiant cousin, noble gentleman" when hearing of Macbeth's battle
- Fair ruler- acts structurally
- Also delivers praise
- "Go pronounce his present death(old Thane)...with his former title greet Macbeth"
- "Go pronounce his present death(old Thane)...with his former title greet Macbeth"
- Also delivers praise
- Genuine, well-respected leader presiding over an ordered society
- Macbeth: "his silver skin" and "golden blood"
- These colours + precious metals have regal, positive connotations of value
- Jacobean Era: Chain of Being, so if you commit regicide, it's a grand violation of the universe, society etc
- Measure of power + stature: when Duncan dies, entire world begins to fail
- Would have pandered to King James 1
- Measure of power + stature: when Duncan dies, entire world begins to fail
- Macbeth: "his silver skin" and "golden blood"
- Used to magnify Macbeth's incompetency to rule + juxtaposes Macbeth
- Eg, feast + inability to kill Fleance
- Too naive- gullible + easily deceived
- "There is no art to find the mind's construction in the face"
- Deceived by two Thane of Cawdors- original + Macbeth
- OR: Could add to dramatic irony
- Duncan shows up at Macbeth's castle, just after audience heard Macbeth's regicidal plans
- "This castle hath a pleasant seat"
- Duncan shows up at Macbeth's castle, just after audience heard Macbeth's regicidal plans
- "There is no art to find the mind's construction in the face"
- Establishes Macbeth's high status character
- Duncan shows up at Macbeth's castle, just after audience heard Macbeth's regicidal plans
- "There is no art to find the mind's construction in the face"
- Establishes Macbeth's high status character
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