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The killing of King Duncan by Macbeth is presented as an unnatural act in the play. State why the Elizabethans would have considered regicide as an act against nature, and point out how this idea is reinforced by comments and incidents throughout the story.

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During Shakespearean times, monarchs were seen as being God’s deputies on earth, having a ‘divine right’ to rule; the monarch had absolute power, and an attack on him or her, even a verbal one was considered to be a treason. Therefore, the audiences were shocked by Macbeth's plot.

In Act II scene I, as Macbeth is about to kill Duncan, his monologue shows how guilty he feels to commit such crime because he knows it goes against all beliefs

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