Macbeth Murder Essay

Arianna Balderas
Mrs. Starnes
English II
8 February 2023
Cold Blooded Mr. and Mrs.Macbeth
In William Shakespeare, In Macbeth, Macbeth is guilty of murder. In act 3 scene 1 Macbeth is thinking out loud to himself about Banquo and Fleance. Macbeth thinks that Fleance is going to overthrow him, so he thinks he has to kill both Banquo and Fleance. So here Macbeth says to himself, “For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered, Put rancors in the vessel of my peace,
Only for them; and mine eternal jewel Given to the common enemy of man, To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings” (Shakespeare 3.1.64-68). In this line, Macbeth says that he has killed Duncan so that he can be king and he did it for the people in Scotland, and he did that because

In act 2 scene 2 Lady Macbeth and Macbeth had gone to kill Duncan and when Macbeth was done he came back to Lady Macbeth with the dagger still in his hands. Lady Macbeth did not like that he took it and did not just leave it there. So Lady Macbeth says, “Infirm of purpose. Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures; 'tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted devil” (Shakespeare 2.2.51-54). In these lines it says your coward, give me the dagger, the dead people are sleeping and seen as pictures, but only children are scared of evil. This shows that Lady Macbeth has something to do with the death of Duncan and Macbeth. She was involved in it because she had taken the dagger from Macbeth, so she could get rid of the evidence they had to do with Duncan’s death. In act 5 scene 1 Lady Macbeth was sleepwalking and talking and the Doctor and the Gentlewomen saw her. They had no idea what she was talking about but they thought it was bad. So Lady Macbeth says, “Wash your hands, put on your nightgown; look not so pale. — I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried; he cannot come out on's grave.” (Shakespeare 5.1.56-58). In these lines Lady Macbeth means to wash your hands and put on your nightgown, don't look so pale, I will tell you again Banquo has been buried and cannot come out of his grave. This shows that Lady Macbeth is guilty because she was sleepwalking and talking about how