Kingship

Kingship

1. Sh explores the role of kingship and how a good king with act. In sh time king i=seen a God , he shows a king should be chose by divine right

   • "justice...stableness,bounty... devotion"
     • Malcolm tricking Macduff to see if he is loya, he passes- but m listing what a good king should have, showing macbeth is yet to show these qualities n thereofre not a good king, also indicates Malcolm is good king as he is testing that macduff was not sent by M to lure him into his death
       • "Water of my land, find her disease...purge it to - pristine health"
         • Sh uses irony suggest- scotland it better without him n he is not a good king . As M is stating what is wrong with my country, can u bring it back to health? showing struggles he's facing
   • "remains in danger of her former tooth"
     • Metaphor- while king paranoid, about B rather be dead then be in this torture- how mad he is becoming highlights not fit to be king .
   • "Hand loose about him, like a giants robe "
     • Imagery and simile- M is contrast portrayed as a 'tyrant', despite his bravery in battle- does not posses as king, viewed as a man that thirst for power, violent n of an impulsive temperament,. M can bring chaos which shows in the form of the SN events, also brings death n destruction, offers no justice n is instrumental in murdering of innocents. for the audience becomes embodiment of tyanny scotland, scotland can only be healed when M is killed
   • "There if i grow,harvest is your own"
     • Banquo is loyal subject, after the battle he receives no reward, from the evidence in the novel likely b would have made a good king, M recognises his qualities and gets jealous of his courage and bravery, Sh did this to compare and make the audience prefere B
   • "alas poor country, almost afraid to know itself, it cannot be called our mother but our grave"
     • Ross - country is suffering bc of M, shows how terrable M reign is compared to D, M onlu cares about keeping his throne as witches said 'beware of macduff' making him more paranoid and insane, shwoing how he is lost in his own mind