Macbeth 8

The William Shakespeare play ³Macbeth,² depicted Macbeth as a loyal subject of King Duncan and his homeland of Scotland. Duncan was so pleased with Macbeth¹s actions during the war that he was named the Thane of Cawdor, a title not far from king. Soon after, he wrote a letter to his wife that would make his future blood stained. Macbeth told her about the possibility of becoming king and in-turn hooked her on the …

…whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, than on the torture of the mind to lie in restless ecstasy. (p.64)² Macbeth had to live in fear of being found out and killed because his ambition to be king was blown so out of proportion by Lady Macbeth. If she wasn¹t so eager to have Macbeth become King then he might have remained satisfied with the titles Thane of Glamis and Cawdor.