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Examples Of Innocence In Macbeth

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Macbeth on Trial — guilty or innocence Macbeth murdered his highest, King of Scotland—Duncan in purpose. He utilized the drunk of Duncan killed him in sleep and frame the murder on his drunk soldier with Lady Macbeth. Following statements are evidences for his guilty. Macbeth has his own motivation to act homicide. As the mysterious prediction from three witches stimulate his ambition to the throne, one direct and connivence method is to kill the King Duncan. “All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter” (I,iii,51) and “Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see” (I,iv,55) showed the exact witches’s word that lending his emotion change when King Duncan claimed the next King is Malcolm, his oldest son and also foreshadow for the murder by the words “when it is done”(I,iv,55). As we can see, Macbeth had a impactive reason to kill Duncan and seize the throne. …show more content…

She planned all of details of murdering voluntary and put back the bloody dragger on the hands of soldier after his husband killed Duncan. She had not direct killed King Duncan but is one impactive pushing reason that inspired Macbeth’s homicide. She is guilty as Macbeth. “If the assassination could trammel up the consequence, and catch with his surcease susses”(I,vii, 2-3) mentioned his plan of assassination of King Duncan. “I go, and it is done…Duncan…that summons thee to heaven or to hell”(II,i,63-65) and “I have done the deed”(II,ii,14) give us the direct description of his homicide that we can get all of these confirm from Macbeth himself. However, to the Lady Macbeth, she did indirectly murdered the King and we will judge her guilty

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