“Fair is foul and foul is fair”, Macbeth is currently experiencing a dark time in his life where his ambition of becoming king is his most driving factor in his decision but the murder of innocent beings keeps him at bay, that is until he finally accepts his fate and carries the prophecy out and ends his king’s life. Ultimately resulting in the slaughter of the late King Duncan. Yet Lady Macbeth chooses to twist Macbeth’s conscience and simply make his decisions for him. Macbeth is completely aware of the ramifications of his actions if he commits treason and murders one of God’s appointed men, his soul would be forever trapped in damnation. “My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man” during the setting of the play, the audience is aware that kings and everyone that is royal has been appointed by God himself. Yet he still continues to eliminate the current situation at hand and claim the life of the late king Duncan and claim the throne for himself. Macbeth internally doesn’t want to kill Duncan because he is aware of the consequences of his mortal being and the punishments that await him in the after life. He will become king no matter if he likes it or not. “All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!”, this quote is the witches proceeding to enlighten Macbeth about his future no matter what he chooses. Macbeth’s hunger for the throne grows immensely throughout the play, he knows that it is wrong and still has concerns of being caught but the requests of his wife make his decisions become ultimately ruled by Lady Macbeth. However, throughout the play, the audience recognizes Macbeth has started to grow accustomed to the thought of becoming king and all the royalties it will bring him, even if it means sacrificing his loyalty to his once noble and fair king.
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“It is too full o’ th’ milk of the human kindness to catch the nearest away”, Lady Macbeth has zero doubt that the witches prophecy will come true she has it in her mind that won’t Macbeth follow through to this prophecy to ensure he will become king.
Lady Macbeth grows exasperated with Macbeth because she feels he is not being as violent or as gruesome as he should be.
She is addressing that look innocent and remain calm doing this evil deed so no one suspects that Macbeth clamined King Duncan’s life. “your hand, your tongue look th’ innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t”. As guilt starts to increase in his thoughts, he slowly succumbs to the killing of his king by Lady Macbeth addressing his issues of not becoming king. His stable sanity slowly deteriorates as the thought of taking a life for such selfish reasons grows in his conscious.
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