King Duncan Flashcards
What does Duncan illustrate
-what the rightful king should be
-noble quality’s of a kings
What happens when divine right of kings is respected
“O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman!”
Themes-loyalty,guilt,great chain of beings
-valiant and worthy shows he is praising Macbeth
-very quick to recognise good deeds of his men
-illustrates what the perfect quintessential king should be
-juxtaposes how Macbeth as a king is greedy
-shows him as a great king
-however he trusts to easy and should of learnt the lesson to not trust from the old thane
King Duncan describes Macbeth as
“My worthy Cawdor!”
Theme-kingship
-shows how proud he is of Macbeth
-recognises hard work showing him as a good king
-juxtaposes Macbeth
-reflects the nobility of king James
“See our homered hostess”
Theme- appearance vs reality
-alliteration demonstrates his fatal flaw, showing how he is gullible
-shows how LM has mislead him
-contextually king James was paranoid contrasting King Duncan(gunpowder plot)
When Duncan realises the previous Thame of Cawdor was a terrible person he tell Malcom
“There’s no art to find the minds construction in the face”
Theme -appearance vs reality
-metaphore illustrates that King Duncan finds it hard to tell what people are truly thinking
-contextually,the gunpowder plot
-Duncan trusted appearance way to much
Duncan tells Macbeth
“O worthiest cousin! The sun of my ingratitude even now was heavy on me”
Theme-kingship
-apologising to Macbeth that he was not promoted earlier
-highlights Duncan’s kindness and model kingship
-abstract noun “ingratitude” shows how Duncan is humble
-illustrates the perfect king is humble
-contextually Shakespeare wanted to reflect the qualities of James within Duncan
duncan quotes
-“There’s no art to find the minds construction in the face”
-“See our homered hostess”
-“O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman!”
-“My worthy Cawdor!”
