Duncan

A good king who trusts faces. Killed in his sleep by the man he trusted most.

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.