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·        “most disloyal traitor, Thane of Cawdor” – foreshadows the actions of Macbeth, continues the idea of the supernatural – is the title cursed?

·        Duncan’s use of the word “noble” when describing Macbeth firstly suggest, through the word choice, that Macbeth is honourable, moralistic and to be admired. However it also highlight’s Duncan’s naivety with regards to Macbeth – for the reader this naivety is beginning to create a fondness and admiration for Duncan as he seems fair and lack arrogance. In the Jacobean era, the King (or monarch) was prime ruler and the most important person in society for all, this admiration crafted by Shakespeare between the reader and Duncan mirrors the Jacobeans view of their monarch.

·        Macbeth’s first utterance: “so foul and fair a day” – paradox. Is this also perhaps suggesting Macbeth’s paradoxical nature? It is significant that it is the first time we hear directly from him and hints to the inner turmoil of Macbeth.Act 1 Scene 3 – “to be King stands not within the prospect of belief” (Macbeth’s malleability)