Question

Sc. 3, lines 44–102: what kind of king does malcolm claim he would be? why would he admit to this huge character flaw? answers

Answer 1

Malcolm claims that he is young, bloody, luxurious, and that he is full of sin. These descriptions are all analogies of what Malcolm thinks about Scotland. He admits to these character flaws as a means of describing the current state of Scotland, in which the country was essentially 'bleeding out'.