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Duncan
A good king who trusts faces. Killed in his sleep by the man he trusted most.
5 key quotes by and about Duncan in Macbeth, in the order they happen, from Act 1, Scene 2 to Act 2, Scene 3. Learn this one first: “O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman!” (Duncan, Act 1, Scene 2).
The quotes
5 quotes by or about Duncan, in the order they happen.
O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman!
Duncan · Act 1, Scene 2 · kingship
The king loves Macbeth. He trusts him. That is why he dies.
What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won
Duncan · Act 1, Scene 2 · kingship · fate and free will
A traitor loses his title. Macbeth gets it. He gets a traitor's name before he does anything wrong.
There's no art To find the mind's construction in the face
Duncan · Act 1, Scene 4 · appearance and reality · kingship
You cannot read a face, says the king. Then Macbeth walks in. The king cannot read his face.
His virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off
Macbeth · Act 1, Scene 7 · kingship · guilt
The king is such a good man that heaven will cry out when he dies. Macbeth knows it.
Confusion now hath made his masterpiece
Macduff · Act 2, Scene 3 · kingship · order and disorder
Macduff finds the dead king. Killing a king breaks the whole world.
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