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I chose this moment in the play as it acted as the initiator to the rest of the events that transpired. The murder of Duncan by Macbeth triggered the series of event that made up the play, thus I felt it was a key moment as it engendered the rest. An imperative facet of the murder was that Duncan was unsuspecting, thus making it relatively easy to murder him and difficult to peg the murder on Macbeth. In order to portray this, I depicted Duncan sleeping in a tranquil environment, thus using a calming green color with soft waves. Macbeth enters from the back of the room, embodying the "stabbing in the back" metaphor as he prepares to murder the king. Duncan is asleep in the bed, with the colors representing his peace of mind and assumed security. However, the dark red bedpost beside him represents the danger that is to come that he is unable to detect. Macbeth and Duncan wear the same color shirt to represent their connections; they both share the title of king during their lifespans, they both end up murdered, and they were friends prior to the murder. However, while Duncan wears blue to emulate his allegiance to Scotland, his loyalty, and his tranquility, Macbeth offers a stark contrast with his murderous red pants -- showing the motif of blood and his disloyalty to his country and his king.