Question

2. Compare In both the play and the history, Macbeth can be viewed as a flawed, tragic hero. What
are the similarities and differences in how each text conveys Macbeth's motivations for killing
Duncan and Banquo?

Answer 1

Answer:

Macbeth did have some feelings for Duncan.  He says he is there in "double trust" because Macbeth is his loyal subject and kinsman.  Macbeth also has some feelings for Banquo, as they seem to be friends.  Macbeth kills both of them, regardless of his feelings for them, so that he can gain the throne

Explanation:

Answer 2

Macbeth's motivation for killing Duncan and Banquo conveyed as the conflict between Ambition and morality.

Macbeth- The Tragic Hero

Each text conveys different reasons for killing Duncan and Banquo, but the statement that it was Macbeth who killed them is similar in each text, althouh the reason and objective of the killing differed in each text.

In one text, Macbeth was seen as having feeling for Duncan, and was friend with Banquo but it was the ambition to get throne, which made Macbeth to kill them.

In another text, the killings are described as the result of paranoia that is fear of being killed and also because of his ambition.

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