saw some dangersof committing the crime and understood it consequences well. When Macbeth tried to resist the temptation, his wife was the one thatinsisted on him to consent the murder. What beast was't then that made you brake this enterprise to me? When you drust do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more than man. Nor time nor place] Did then adhere, and yet you would make both. They have made themselves, and that their fitness know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipples from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. (Act 1:Scene 7:ln. 68)She accused Macbeth of cowardness and later assures him that the crime willgo undetected when she outlined it's details. In Act2:Scene 1:ln.72, weknow that the crime will happen when Macbeth says: I go, and it is done. The bell invites me. Hear it not Duncan, for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. Following the crime, we get the impression that Macbeth was horrified bywhat he had done. It seems that he had gone through some sort of "mentalcollapse" due to the haunted visions of guilt and punishment that heexperienced."There's one did laugh in's sleep, and one cried "Murder!"" (Act 2: Scene2:ln.32)"Glacis hath murdered sleep, and therefor Cowdor Shall sleep no more!Macbeth shall sleep no more!" (Act 2:Scene 2:ln.57) Having begun a career of evil, Macbeth felt that the only way to remainin power was by going on and committing other crimes. He had startedplotting his own course of murder. His behaviours are all based on fearwhich had arose from insecurity. It was not possible for him to turn backbecause he had reached the "point of no return." (Coles Notes.) When Macbeth spoke of his fears from Bu...
