... ruthlessly. Macbeth expresses such thoughts in saying, "Besides, this Duncan/Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been/So clear in his great office, that his virtues/Will plead like angels- It was also believed in the Elizabethan era that the King was God's representative on Earth and therefore must be good. In addition to this, and for that reason, it ... committed the murder, he goes on to do it again and again, and his conscience seems to diminish, but the reader now knows that Macbeth once tasted innocence, but has fallen, and therein lies the tragedy of Macbeth. ...

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