Duncan

Question 1

‘There’s no art / To find the mind’s construction in the face’ (1,4)

Answer 1

King Duncan says he failed to consider that his close friends could ever betray him – he is a trusting king posibly making him a bad king as he shold doubt everyones loyalty.

Question 2

‘This Duncan / Hath borne in his faculties so meek, hath been / So clear in his great office, that his virtues / Will plead like angels’ (1,7).

Answer 2

These are King Duncan`s qualities listed by Macbeth when he thinks about the reasons why he shouldn’t murder the King.
Duncan is a great man with excellent moral standards.
He compares Duncan’s morals to those of an angel, showing how much he admires him.

Question 3

‘What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won’. (1,2)

Answer 3

With these words, King Duncan sends Ross to tell Macbeth about his new title, Thane of Cawdor.
King Duncan also sentences the Thane of Cawdor to death for his betrayal.foreshadowing macbeth’s fate