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passage 3 — macbeth’s soliloquy by william shakespeare
this excerpt comes from william shakespeare’s tragedy macbeth and
captures macbeth’s internal struggle as he debates committing murder.
through a soliloquy and dialogue, the passage reveals how ambition, guilt,
and moral reasoning collide to drive the play’s central conflict.
1 if it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well
it were done quickly. if th’ assassination
could trammel up the consequence, and catch
with his surcease success; that but this blow
5 might be the be-all and the end-all here,
but here, upon this bank and shoal of time,
we’d jump the life to come. but in these cases
we still have judgment here; that we but teach
bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
10 to plague th’ inventor. this even-handed justice
commends th’ ingredience of our poisoned chalice
to our own lips. he’s here in double trust:
first, as i am his kinsman and his subject,
strong both against the deed; then, as his host,
15 who should against his murderer shut the door,
not bear the knife myself. besides, this duncan
hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been
so clear in his great office, that his virtues
will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against
20 the deep damnation of his taking-off;
and pity, like a naked newborn babe,
striding the blast, or heaven’s cherubin, horsed
upon the sightless couriers of the air,
shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,
25 that tears shall drown the wind. i have no spur
to prick the sides of my intent, but only
vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself
and falls on th’ other.
enter lady macbeth

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Answer:

Since no specific question is provided about this passage, it's hard to give a targeted answer. If you want to analyze the themes (like ambition, moral conflict in Macbeth's soliloquy), do a literary analysis (such as examining Shakespeare's use of language, imagery), or have questions about the characters' motivations, please clarify your question so that I can assist you better.