Duncan character quotations✅

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s s l w g b

Silver skin laced with golden blood

Silver skin laced with golden blood

• “Golden” has connotations of royalty, showing how Duncan has the Divine Right of Kings

• “Silver” symbolises purity

t n a t f t m c i t f

There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face

There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face

• Exposes the fact that one cannot judge a person's true intentions or thoughts based solely on their appearance.

• King Duncan speaks this line, reflecting on the deceptive nature of human beings, as he realizes he misjudged the treacherous Thane of Cawdor, who appeared loyal but was actually a traitor.

H w a g o w i b a a t

He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust

He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust

• Highlights how Duncan’s hamartia is his naive and trusting nature

• Irony - as he replaces a traitor with an even worse one (Macbeth)

• Exposes the dangers of trusting appearance rather than character