Question

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 7 of The Tragedy of Macbeth.

Macbeth. If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well

It were done quickly; if the assassination

Could trammel up the consequence, and catch

With his surcease success; that but this blow

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

To plague the inventor; this even-handed justice

Commends the ingredients of our poison’d 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,

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-tongu’d against

The deep damnation of his taking-off

What is the intended effect of Macbeth’s appeal to logic?

to discourage Lady Macbeth from carrying out her plot to assassinate the king
to contemplate the choices Lady Macbeth makes and the possible consequences
to convince himself that he is deserving of the crown
to analyze his arguments for opposing Duncan’s murder

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Answer 4

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