The soliloquy of Act 1 Scene seven is very important as both the elements of fear and ambition are brought in. At first Macbeth is hesitant to kill Duncan as he fears the consequences. He expresses this when he remarks " But here upon this bank and shoal of time; We'd jump the life to come" He fears that the murder would lead to eternal suffering in the after life. This thought alone leaves him hesitant; a moral dilemma rests heavily upon his shoulders.

Macbeth also fears that if he were to go through with the murder the " bloody instructions" would eventually " return to plague th' inventor"

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Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare's Macbeth, fear ambition, lady macbeth, behaviour governed, fears murder, kill duncan,