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How does Lady Macbeth persuade Macbeth to kill King Duncan? Why does Macbeth kill King Duncan's two chamberlains? Why do King Duncan's sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, flee to England after their father is murdered?
How does Lady Macbeth persuade Macbeth to kill King Duncan? Why does Macbeth kill King Duncan's two chamberlains? Why do King Duncan's sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, flee to England after their father is murdered?
How does Lady Macbeth persuade Macbeth to kill King Duncan? Why does Macbeth kill King Duncan's two chamberlains? Why do King Duncan's sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, flee to England after their father is murdered?
Macbeth wants the gains of killing Duncan, such as becoming king, but is not keen to do the dirty work that comes first. If it must be done, Macbeth wants to do it 'quickly', in order to complete the task sooner and get the murdering over and done with, and receive the rewards.
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The gentlewoman called the doctor because she has seen Lady Macbeth sleepwalking the last few nights, but she refuses to say what Lady Macbeth says or does. When he killed Duncan, Macbeth thought he heard a voice say he had murdered sleep.
Analysis. Macbeth, alone, agonizes about whether to kill Duncan. He'd be willing to murder Duncan if he thought that would be the end of it. But he knows that "bloody instructions, being taught, return to plague the inventor" (1.7.10). Also, Macbeth notes, Duncan is a guest, kinsmen, and good king.