Macbeth's Soliloquy Quotes

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Macbeth’s soliloquy: I.7

Macbeth is standing alone at the beginning of the scene, contemplating on killing King Duncan. It’s clear that Macbeth knows what he’s about to do is wrong and in fact feels that his time will come for what he will do. This is evident when Macbeth states “handed justice/Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice/To our own lips.” Macbeth demonstrates with this quote that justice will play its role in life and what you do against other will come back to hurt you. A dim and dark mood is prevalent throughout the soliloquy. This mood is starting to become more and more frequent as the play starts to move more towards the tragedy. Macbeth goes on to explain two reasons as to why he shouldn't kill King Duncan. He

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