, he is too motivated by his conscience to fulfill his reputation. Towards the mid-part of the speech, euphemisms prove that Macbeth is focussed more on the consequences he could face, rather than ambitions. When Macbeth says that “Bloody instructions, which being taught return/ To plague the inventor: this even handed justice/ Commends the ingredients of our poison’d chalice/ To our own lips” (1.7: 9-12). Guilt will haunt him for a long time. Macbeth realizes that he might not be able to live with the guilt if he goes through with the murder. Macbeth’s conscience outweighs his ambitions. Macbeth considers how to skip over consequences saying, “We’d jump the life to come. But in these cases, / We still have judgement here” (1.7: 7-8). Macbeth
