Question

Read this excerpt from act I of Shakespeare’s Macbeth and complete the questions that follow.
MACBETH:
I am Thane of Cawdor:
If good, why do I yield to that suggestion
Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair
And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,
Against the use of nature? Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings;
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,
Shakes so my single state of man that function
Is smothered in surmise, nothing is
But what is not.
This excerpt is part of a soliloquy that reveals Macbeth’s ( inner conflict, passionate nature, unscrupulous nature ). He is hesitant and lacks the confidence to go ahead with the terrible crime. The last line refers to the theme of ( fate versus free will, appearance versus reality, power and tyranny ).

Answer 1

This excerpt is part of a soliloquy that reveals Macbeth's INNER CONFLICT. He is hesitant to go ahead with the crime. The last line refers to the theme of APPEARANCE VERSUS REALITY

Answer 2

The last line refers to the theme of inner conflict is the first one, but power and tyranny are not the last one.

What was the theme of this story?

The phrase Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings; My thought, a crime is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man that function Is smothered in surmise, nothing is But what is not.

Here, Macbeth talks about his fears when he comes to think about reality an fantasy, seeing the prophecy of the witches as something impossible to happen.

Since the King Duncan must die in order to him to become a King, so at the end how much can he trust in fantasy to take all to reality, how safe is to kill to obtain what is meant to be?. We can see a feeling of doubt and hesitation.

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