2007-02-23 13:26:48 · 5 answers · asked by Adorable B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Since he framed the two guards with the murder of Duncan (the king), he was worried that they would give away the plot and they could figure out it was him whodunit. So he kills them and then says to the rest of the thanes and others who gather that he was so outraged that they would kill the king that he killed them.
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2007-02-23 13:47:07 · answer #1 · answered by dramafiend 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once those guys sober up (remember, Lady M. drugged their drinks), they're going to protest their innocence. Obviously, their word probably isn't going to stand up against the word of someone with Macbeth's reputation, but...it would create suspicion.
However, from the reaction that Macbeth gets when he reports the news that, in his "rage" at seeing Duncan's murdered body, he KILLED the grooms...you'd have to think that he probably would have been better off letting them live.
Macbeth tells the assembled crowd that he killed the grooms, and Macduff's immediate response is: "Wherefore did you so?" It just doesn't make sense that a soldier with Macbeth's battle experience would kill those guys in a mad rage. Since the grooms themselves wouldn't have stood to benefit directly from Duncan's death, it stands to reason that -- had they REALLY been the murderers -- someone put them up to it. Macbeth's killing them prevents anyone from learning who was actually behind the plot. That's what Macduff is getting at; he immediately perceives that something isn't adding up.
2007-02-24 09:21:51 · answer #2 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anybody that is loyal and close to the king is a potential assassin.
2007-02-23 21:33:51 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Mr. Taco said, plus, they might know about the murder that he has commited.
2007-02-23 21:37:36 · answer #4 · answered by Cookiemonster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One word: starch
2007-02-23 21:33:08 · answer #5 · answered by James M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋