The second soliloquy-ambition, fear and internal struggle (I,VII, 1-28).
A murder is an awful deed, which brings a lot of struggle and confusion inside a man's mind. .
All of this is shown in the Macbeth's second soliloquy, that represents his internal struggle. In lines .
1-12 his primary concern and reason for hesitation is the possibility that someone will exact that .
"even-handed Justice" upon him. Once Macbeth takes the throne there will be others who will try to .
steal it from him. Macbeth is also deeply troubled and horrified of killing Duncan, who is a .
benevolent ruler, honest man, and good friend. Macbeth is scared of guilt, which he will feel for .
killing a good man, and which will follow him after the murder.
The speech also advances and enriches the plot. In this soliloquy we can see a lot of .
foreshadowing. For example Macbeth is afraid of guilt for killing Duncan, which will hunt him all .
the time and we know that Macbeth couldn't sleep after the murder.
Soliloquy also reveals to us many features of Macbeth's character, which are: ambitionss and .
fears. His ambition is power, which he will get after the death of the king. Macbeth concludes that he .
will benefit from killing Duncan and the quicker he does it, the better it is: "If it were done When "tis .
done, then "twere well It were done quickly."(III, VII, 1-3) Although he is so determined to get the .
throne he realizes that he has to kill a good man and he fears it: "hath born his faculties so meek, .
hath been so clear in his great office, that his virtues will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against .
the deep damnation of his taking-off;". We can see that Macbeth is not a cold-blooded murderer. He .
is scared of the deed that he has to do, but the desire to be the King overcomes his fears.
In the soliloquy Shakespeare uses many gloomy words like: "bloody instructions" and .
"poisoned chalice". The choice of words together with the violence and evil that come from the .
