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Topic: Macbeth

Honor in Macbeth?

How is honor in Macbeth shown? I'm having trouble finding quotes and just talking about honor in general.

Posted by feriscool on May 14, 2011 at 11:26 AM via web and tagged with discussion, literature, macbeth

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    pohnpei397

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    To talk about honor in the positive sense, I think you'd have to talk about Macduff or Malcolm.  Both of these men display honor because they will not give in to Macbeth.  Macduff displays...

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    Posted by pohnpei397 on June 9, 2011 at 5:08 AM (Answer #2)

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    I believe that a more appropriate topic would be to show the "lack of honor" in Macbeth.  There are far many more examples which show behavior which is not honorable: the murders, poisonings,...

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    Posted by literaturenerd on June 18, 2011 at 8:36 AM (Answer #3)

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