Reason Versus Desire On the eve of Duncan’s murder, Macbeth finds himself a nervous wreck, going over all the legitimate reasons not to kill Duncan before he actually goes through with the assassination. The following quote is taken from lines 7-28 during Act 1 scene 7. “But in these cases we still have judgment here, that we teach bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to plague the inventor. This even-handed justice commends th’ ingredience of our …showed first 75 words of 1990 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1990 total…to the tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth is a noble hero from whom of all people treason is least expected. At a simple glance, he seems to be completely loyal, but in the end turns out to be a greater villain than any reader could have possibly suspected at the beginning of the story. The fact that such a great man could plot and carry out such deceitful things make Macbeth the tragedy that it is.