kingship

• "I could not say 'Amen'." (a2, s2) 


  He disturbed the Divine Right of Kings and disrupted God's order, so he could not pray. "Stuck in my throat." He is distancing from God.
• DUNCAN: valiant cousin (about macbeth) (a1, s7)


  Duncan receiving a battle update and hear how he praises and admires Macbeths courage, which then foreshadows Macbeths betrayal. Duncan uses epithets to describe his admiration towards Macbeth and how deeply he respects him. As well as this, we see how passionate Duncan is with his respect as he reacts with 'O...'It also shows how trusting Duncan is as he trusts those around him whereas Macbeth is paranoid and kills those he is threatened by
• king duncan illustrates kingship. he was a generous king who rewarded his men and scotland was powerful - "valiant cousin".

  his major fatal flaw was that he trusted too much - "sin of my ingratitude"

  context = divine right of kings - shakespeare promoted this, following the status quo. the play was showed to james 1. gunpowder plot. order and stability.
• macbeth is a cautionary figure as he reveals that when scotland falls under the wrong king, there is chaos and arguable anarchy. shakespeare is showing the audience about going against the status quo. "scorched the snake not killed it" shows macbeth is paranoid that god didn't choose him and he ultimately wants all of the power
• "those he commands, move only in commands, nothing in love" (a5, s2) 


  show the isolated and tyrannical way macbeth is ruling. those who work for him do it out of fear and only because they must. he is nothing more than the dwarf of what a king should be
• ANGUS: like a giant's robe upon a dwarfish thief" (a5, s2)


  macbeth is too small for the role of king. also hints to some monstrous physicality that the people of scotland view him as. also references to the "borrowed robes" at the start hinting that he does not fit the title of king as he is so tyrannical.