The Murder of King Duncan Leader: Tang Sui Hong Members: Chau Wai Suen Law Hoi Ying Tang Wai Sze Yeung Hang Wing

Characters’ actions Lady Macbeth  Gave the drugged wine to the guards (pp.21, lines 25-27)  “She gave the drugged wine to the guards, and they soon fell asleep. She took their daggers and placed them where Macbeth would find them.” Reason: remove the protection of King Duncan  Asked her husband to kill King Duncan (pp.21, lines 31-33)  “She returned to her room and waited for her husband to go and do the deed.” Reason: could not bare killing King Duncan herself

 Set a bell (pp.22, lines 8-10)  “He heard a bell ring. It was Lady Macbeth., in the room, letting Macbeth know that she had prepared everything. Now was the time to act.” Reason: to remind her husband to kill King Duncan  Became the King (pp.25, lines 8-10)  “Macbeth was then the nearest relative to Duncan left in Scotland, and so everyone agreed that he should be king.”

Macbeth  murdered King Duncan (pp. 22, lines 16-17)  It did not take Macbeth more than a few seconds to do the awful deed. Reason: Could be the king after killing him  Pretended to be shocked (pp.24, lines 14-15)  Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both pretended to be very shocked. Reason: pretended that he was not the murderer Characters’ actions

 Became the King (pp.25, lines 8-10)  “Macbeth was then the nearest relative to Duncan left in Scotland, and so everyone agreed that he should be king.” Malcolm and Donalbain  Ran away after the death of King Duncan (pp.24-25, lines 34 to 2)  “Duncan’s sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, were staying at Macbeth’s castle. They decided to run away. They did not think that their lives would be safe...They thought that the person who had killed Duncan…kill his sons…” Reason: afraid to be killed by Macbeth

Characters’ personalities Duncan  Easy to be ingratiated (pp.20, lines 21-28)  “Duncan was pleased. … Here he thought he could forget, for a while the troubles of his kingdom. He had supper with Macbeth… he felt peaceful and happy. “  Good and fair (pp.21, line 1)  “Besides, he was such a good and fair king that it seemed very wicked to kill him.”

Lady Macbeth  Ambitious & Determined (pp.20, lines 2-5, 8-10)  “…she was determined that he should rule Scotland. She was sure that Macbeth would have to act without mercy for others.”  “… She decided that Duncan must be murdered…”  Cunning (pp.21, lines 17-21)  “She would put a drug in the wine, and this would make them fall asleep quickly. Then it would be easy for Macbeth to get past the guards and murder Duncan while the King was sleeping. Later, they could blame the guards for committing the crimes.”

 Cold-blooded (pp.23, lines 30-34)  “ Her hand were now covered by blood, too, but she told her husband,’A little water will clear away this deed. How easy it is then!’ “  Anxious (pp.23, lines 1-4)  “Lady Macbeth waited anxiously for her husband to return. She listened to every sound, and when she heard some noises coming from the King’s room, she thought Macbeth had failed.”

Quite human (pp.21, lines 29-31) “However, when she saw the Kings lying on his bed, asleep, he looked like her dead father, and she could not do anything to harm him.” Macbeth  Kind (pp.20-21, lines to 1-2)  “Macbeth felt neither calm nor peaceful. He was sure he could not murder the King. He could not kill one of his own relatives, a guest in his own castle. He was responsible for Duncan’s safety because the King was his guest. Besides, he was such a good and fair king that it seemed very wicked to kill him.”

Macbeth  Grateful (pp.21, lines 4-7)  “He told her he could not kill Duncan. ”The King has given me great honours already, and I am very popular with the people. I am grateful for this; it is enough for me; he said.”  Easy to be persuaded (pp.21, lines 14-15)  “Macbeth changed his mind, and agreed to do everything that his wife suggested.”

Macbeth  Dishonest (pp.22, lines 14-16, pp.24, lines 23-25,28-29)  “No would ever have guessed that Duncan’s most faithful commander was going to kill him.”  “When he returned, he said he was sorry he had killed the servants, but that his feelings of love for the King had been too strong for him.”  “Of course, Macbeth hoped to hide his own guilty by doing this.”  Cruel (pp.24, lines 21-22)  “Macbeth killed them immediately.”

 Cruel (pp.24, lines 21-22)  “ Macbeth killed them immediately.”  Having a guilty conscience (pp.23, lines 7-13,22-29)  “Macbeth was a very frightened man. He knew his peace and happiness had been destroyed for ever by that crime. He was very shocked, and dared not think about what he had done. He told his wife he thought he could hear a voice shouting out.”  “Sleep no more----Macbeth shall sleep no more, because he has murdered innocent sleep.”  “His mind was full of wild thoughts and fears. Every noise he heard frightened him. He kept on staring at his hands, which were covered with blood. He imagined that they would never be clean again. He thought there could not be enough water in all the seas to wash that blood away. Instead, he thought, the blood on his hands would turn the green seas red.”

Malcolm & Donalbain  Clever (pp.25, lines 1-2)  “They did not think that their lives would be safe if they remained in Scotland.”

Macbeth saw a knife covered with blood  reason behind:  reveal the inner ambition of Macbeth wanted to kill King Duncan in order to get the throne Things that worth discussing

King Duncan looked like lady Macbeth’s father  reason behind: to force Macbeth to kill King Duncan to make lady Macbeth become more guilty Father??