This soliloquy by Macbeth is given as he contemplates what he should do with King Duncan that night: kill him or let him live. Before this scene, Lady Macbeth has already made the decision to help Macbeth achieve the throne and has devised a plan to kill the King. At this point, Macbeth is wavering and unsure of what he should do. The soliloquy starts off with Macbeth wishing that the whole thing could be done quickly, yet the rest of his lines point to him deciding to not carry out the murder. Macbeth wishes that the King’s death would be the “be-all and the end-all,” but he cannot do anything but falter as he thinks about what the consequences for his actions would be. First, Macbeth reasons that he would be doing two wrongs: going against