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Text	Duncan is too trusting as a ruler? It seems that Duncan is too trusting and dependent on others to be a perfect king. Rather than leading his men into battle he trusts others to do so for him, and he relies heavily on his Thanes to help maintain order. When Duncan reflects on the previous Thane of Cawdor's death, he says, *There's no art / To find the mind's construction in the face. He was a gentleman on whom I built / An absolute trust" (1.4)*. He had placed his confidence in a man who betrayed him to foreign armies, suggesting he is a poor judge of character. There is some dramatic irony in this statement, for Macbeth is plotting to murder him.

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Duncan is too trusting as a ruler?

It seems that Duncan is too trusting and dependent on others to be a perfect king. Rather than leading his men into battle he trusts others to do so for him, and he relies heavily on his Thanes to help maintain order.

When Duncan reflects on the previous Thane of Cawdor's death, he says, There's no art / To find the mind's construction in the face. He was a gentleman on whom I built / An absolute trust" (1.4). He had placed his confidence in a man who betrayed him to foreign armies, suggesting he is a poor judge of character. There is some dramatic irony in this statement, for Macbeth is plotting to murder him.

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