Around Act 1 Scene 7, Macbeth argues with himself on whether he should murder King Duncan, “If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well It were done quickly” where he means that if it the assassination of the king could be done without it returning “...To plague th' inventor” as this “even-handed justice commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice to our own lips” then it should be done quickly if his murder would have no negative consequences and be successfully completed with his death (surcease), then Macbeth would risk eternal damnation however, he would gladly risk it. Macbeth is aware of the severe consequences that come with murdering King Duncan. He also could not find a reason beside his own ambition as King Duncan “Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been so clear in his great office, that his virtues will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against the deep damnation of his taking-off;” and also that he is his kinsman and his subject who should always protect …show more content…
Even with his internal desire to possess power, he wasn't entirely corrupted before he gained his desired power. He was aware that he would be doing a wrong thing by killing his king who has no real reason to be killed. This is where the Manipulative Lady Macbeth comes in to convince her husband into regicide. She insults his manhood by saying, “What beast was ’t, then, that made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man” and even questions his love for her going further into calling him a coward, “As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem, letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would,” Like the poor cat i' th'