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Why Does Macbeth Not Kill The King

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No he should not murder the king. He should not kill the king because the only thing he gets out of the situation is king. A con of the situation is that he will have to murder the people to be kind, so he will have to live with the guilt. A pro or reason of not killing the king is, " First, as I am his kinsman and his subject" (Macbeth Act 1 Sc 7 li 5). The quote is saying he is a kinsman, which means he is sworn to protect the king. It also says it is his subject, it means they are related and killing someone you are related to is wrong no matter the circumstances. Another reason he should not kill the king is because Macbeth is the host and to Macbeth he feels a host should protect anyone at the party from being killed. Macbeth also thinks
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