Macbeth

[Ninty 182]

At the minute I'm trying to write some english coursework. The question is 'who is ultimately responsible for the death of King Duncan?' If anyone can give me a bit of help it would be much appreciated as at the minute I've not got a lot. (oh and sorry I know it's a boring thread :heh: )

[uəʌəsʎɐɾ]

... Have you even read the book yet?

I mean, this is a discussion board, if you at least put accross your opinion then you'll generate a much healthier response, y'knowattimean?

[Jordan]

Yeah... if you read the book you should know. That or you didn't pay much attention in class :P

Macbeth is pretty easy in terms of Shakespere anyway. Try Hamlet >.>

[Dan Dare]

the short answer is Macbeth. basically you have gto argue hat the choice is always his right untill the last moment rather than the three witches because they never mention the word 'murder'. I might be wrong but im sure the first use of the word in the play belongs to macbeth.


hope that helps.


oh and remember the way to write an essay: point. evidence, effect. do this for every major point you make and you will do fine. quote a plenty for your evidence.

[uəʌəsʎɐɾ]

MacBeth wouldn't have killed no-one if the idea of power wasn't put into his head -- But if his mind wasn't already twisted then surely no words would have corruped his loyalty? It's an observation of Man's thirst for power. It's an observation of how weak we are... Everyone has a weakness, and that weakness will lead to your downfall.

Also Lady Macbeth can be inserted to the equation. zing.

Sure, quoting's all well and good, but don't let them take over your essay. A good essay flows as if it could be spoken, no dis-joints confuzzling things. So long as the reader gets your point you don't need to use every quote in the book. Usually if you read something you'll find certain quotes strike you, you'll naturally remember these, as they are obviously workable quotes. Of course, finding quotes with meaning is all groovy too. But takes effort.

yeha shuo.

[Ninty 182]

Yeah... if you read the book you should know. That or you didn't pay much attention in class :P

Macbeth is pretty easy in terms of Shakespere anyway. Try Hamlet >.>

Maybe I should have been more clear, I have read the book and have done a Macbeth coursework. However I got a C and have been told to redo it (with the hope of getting an A), so was wondering if anyone had some good points that I could include to help me improve my grade.

[Platty]

nothing wrong with a C i got a C in all 3 english GCSE's back in 2000.

[Dan Dare]

MacBeth wouldn't have killed no-one if the idea of power wasn't put into his head -- But if his mind wasn't already twisted then surely no words would have corruped his loyalty? It's an observation of Man's thirst for power. It's an observation of how weak we are... Everyone has a weakness, and that weakness will lead to your downfall.

Also Lady Macbeth can be inserted to the equation. zing.

Sure, quoting's all well and good, but don't let them take over your essay. A good essay flows as if it could be spoken, no dis-joints confuzzling things. So long as the reader gets your point you don't need to use every quote in the book. Usually if you read something you'll find certain quotes strike you, you'll naturally remember these, as they are obviously workable quotes. Of course, finding quotes with meaning is all groovy too. But takes effort.

yeha shuo.


true enough. don't forget lady macbeth!
THE thing is with GCSSE is that it's a piece of piss so you just have to write an essay with the mentality that you base points around marks and how to get them. you'll be fine!

[Smalldude76]

Macbeth wouldn't have killed anyone if the witches hadn't told him about his future as the king. He probably still wouldn't have if Lady MAcbeth hadn't made him kill the King as it was her idea which he only agreed to out of anger because the other guy (forgot name) was announced the Prince of Cumberland aka successor to the throne. Macbeth then got a bit full of himself and had a go at killing everything in the prophecies.

[JonSt]

It was lady macbeth who was behind things to start with, and macbeth was going allong wiht it. Then later on lady macbeth completely lost it, started babbling about blood on her hands and then macbeth got carried away with power and greed.

[KingOfHyrule]

Fuckin Macbeth ruined my life at GSCE :mad: