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Text	Duncan as a benevolent ruler Duncan is shown to be a just and benevolent ruler, demonstarting important aspects of kingship by telling his court, "*Signs of nobleness like stars shall shine / On all deservers,"(1.4, meaning that he is willing to reward all those who do good. It can be interpreted that he is saying that virtue and nobility are visible traits in a person, distinguishing them from other. The simile "like stars shall shine"* connotes divine power, implying they will be rewarded in the afterlife as well as now. It aligns *"deservers* with God Duncan is portrayed as someone who is invested in his followers, as he says, *I have begun to plant thee and will labour / To make thee full of growing,"* to which Banquo replies, *"There if I grow, / The harvest is your own," (1.4). He is dedicated to self-improvement and the {{c15::success of others}}. The semantic field of agriculture connotes new life and nourishment, presenting Duncan as nurturing and considerate. Duncan is such a successful monarch that even those who seek to kill him admire the way he rules. Macbeth outlines Duncan's honourable qualities: he "Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been / So clear in his great office, that his virtues / Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against / The deep damnation of his taking-off," (1.7)*. Thereby acknowledging that Duncan is a good king

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Duncan as a benevolent ruler

Duncan is shown to be a just and benevolent ruler, demonstarting important aspects of kingship by telling his court, "Signs of nobleness like stars shall shine / On all deservers,"(1.4, meaning that he is willing to reward all those who do good. It can be interpreted that he is saying that virtue and nobility are visible traits in a person, distinguishing them from other. The simile "like stars shall shine" connotes divine power, implying they will be rewarded in the afterlife as well as now. It aligns "deservers with God

Duncan is portrayed as someone who is invested in his followers, as he says, I have begun to plant thee and will labour / To make thee full of growing," to which Banquo replies, "There if I grow, / The harvest is your own," (1.4). He is dedicated to self-improvement and the {{c15::success of others}}. The semantic field of agriculture connotes new life and nourishment, presenting Duncan as nurturing and considerate.

Duncan is such a successful monarch that even those who seek to kill him admire the way he rules. Macbeth outlines Duncan's honourable qualities: he "Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been / So clear in his great office, that his virtues / Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against / The deep damnation of his taking-off," (1.7). Thereby acknowledging that Duncan is a good king

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