... . That is to say, there is still left necessarily some natural good in him; sin cannot completely deprive him of his rational nature, which is the root of his inescapable inclination to virtue. We do not need Hecate to tell us that he is but a wayward son, spiteful and wrathful, who, as other do, loves for his own ends. This is ... Macbeth, like all other men, is inevitably bound to his humanity; the reason of order, as we have seen, determines his inescapable relationship to the natural and eternal law, compels inclination toward his proper act and end but provides him with a will capab...

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... our duties Are to your throne and state children and servants, Which do but what they should, by doing every thing Safe toward your love and honour." Is this an inclination of his virtue, or is it hypocrisy? * Conscience? - We can see the moral struggle within him when Duncan nominates Malcolm as his successor. He calls on the stars to hide ... ...

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... women in this play distort Macbeth's intuition so much that he thinks he is doing the right thing. "... his liberty of free choice is determined more and more by evil inclination and that he can not choose the better course..." (Bloom 55). Even after the deed is done, Lady Macbeth greets her husband and "... her greeting recalls the weird sisters." (Ludwyk ... ...

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