honor in macbeth

[inutero]

i have to do an essay on how macbeth describes honor in the play...citations and all...i have no idea where or how to start some help would be lovely

[applepie]

Inutero,
When is the essay due? I may be some help but I need to read Macbeth again. It has been a while, but if you have a few days or so I'll try and get back to you.
~Meg~

[inutero]

well i have until tuesday actually so.... not as much time....im just not too sure where to start off...

[Rosalind]

Umm...I'll look up the exact lines as soon as I get a chance, but here's some ideas for starting places.

Macbeth breaks every code of honor imaginable when he kills Duncan, because Duncan is (a)his king, (b)his kinsman and (c)his guest, and honor demands the protection of all three of those. Macbeth mentions this, his 'thrice damned'-ness, in one of his pre-murder soliloquies.

Then there's everyone else. Young Siward's death and his father's reaction to it in the last act deal with how honor is seen by these macho warrior types. A different perception of honor is given by Lady Macbeth--look at the way she prods Macbeth towards murder. The way Malcom talks about the virtues of a king could be seen as a kind of honor, too.

[applepie]

well i have until tuesday actually so.... not as much time....im just not too sure where to start off...

Sorry I wasn't able to help. In the future if needed, at least with Shakespeare send me a private message or something. I hope you got the paper done on time.