Duncan

Question 1

How is Duncan’s death reflected in the macrocosom

Answer 1

‘unruly night’
‘the earth was feverous and did shake’
(Lennox to macbeth, act 2 scene 3)

‘Dark night strangles the travelling lamp’
(Duncan’s murder has cursed the earth)

‘[Duncans horses] broke their stalls’
(Duncans subordinate going against him, the horses are disobedient, similar to how macbeth was disobedient and killed duncan)

‘Tis said they ate each other’
(Gruesome imagery shows how without nature, has gone mad, also represents the gruesome act of macbeth killing Duncan’