Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 7 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth, who is alone in his castle, is contemplating whether to kill Duncan.Macbeth. If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere wellIt were done quickly; if the assassinationCould trammel up the consequence, and catchWith his surcease success; that but this blowMight 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 casesWe still have judgment here; that we but teachBloody instructions, which, being taught, returnTo plague the inventor; this even-handed justiceCommends the ingredients of our poison’d chaliceTo our own lips.
Answer
A
by suggesting that Macbeth hopes to kill Duncan without getting caught
B
by highlighting that Macbeth is worried that someone will try to poison him
C
by showing that Macbeth is hesitant to act because he fears the consequences
D
by implying that Macbeth intends to convince someone else to murder Duncan