In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, the hero, Macbeth, encounters an internal conflict that greatly impacts how the play unfolds and reveals the message within the work. This conflict originates from the prophecies of the Weird Sisters and later becomes worse through the sly trickery of Lady Macbeth. As a result an on-going thought runs through Macbeth’s mind, to kill Duncan or not to kill, that is the question.
During the period in which his conscience is still intact, the classic scene of the angel and the devil plagues Macbeth. On one shoulder Macbeth has the white angel, his conscience, and on the opposite sits the red devil, represented by the equivocations of the Weird Sisters and Lady Macbeth’s trickery. His conscience shows him all the reasons why he should not kill Duncan. Duncan is a charismatic king and has ruled Scotland well so far. Therefore his death would probably not be favored by many, will be taken as an act of betrayal and disloyalty, not relief.......

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Title: Critical Analysis: Macbeth
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