Big Ideas in Macbeth

On the first day of the unit Macbeth we had an introduction to Drama, Shakespeare, and the play itself in which we learned about the five elements of drama. key ideas about drama, background information on Shakespeare, and main ideas you will notice in the play; witchcraft, body politic, betrayal, kingship, guilt, and many more. One that I found important in the play was kingship.

Personally I feel as though kingship is very important because we start the book with the witch scene mentioning to Macbeth about becoming king, so from that moment I knew that kingship was going to be important. I did not realize how important it was until Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were planning the murder of Duncan so he can become king even sooner. 

Besides the first murder of Duncan we know that as the book progresses, Macbeth murders more people. One of which that was surprising to me was the murder of his best friend, Banquo. The reason behind this as because he was considered a threat to his power, so he had the idea to murder him and his son, Fleance. We know that this was a strange murder because Banquo's ghost haunted Macbeth after during the feast. Personally,  feel as though this murder showed me how important kingship was to the book, because a man killed his best friend thinking that he was a threat to his power as king. Knowing that a man would go that far to save his power is crazy.