kingship

• thesis statement

  Influenced by the dire consequences of unchecked ambition, Shakespeare employs the contrasting figures of King Duncan and Macbeth to explore the qualities of rightful vs tyrannical reign. He exhorts his Jacobean audience to uphold the divine right of kings and view regicide as a direct threat to both political stability and spiritual order.
• para 1- Duncan's topic sentence

  To emphasise Duncan's righteous and just rule, Shakespeare portrays him as a model King through Macbeth's own acknowledgement of his great 'virtues', making the planned murder (regicide) more heinous as Macbeth rejects that...[quote 1]
• quotes for Duncan

  " his virtues will plead like angels"

  "meek" and "gracious"

  "O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!"
• Macbeth's quotes

  " Bleed, bleed poor country! Great tyranny!"

  " Black Macbeth will seem as pure as snow"

  " Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood"

  " it weeps, it bleeds and each new day a gash/ is added to her wounds"