For Them the Gracious Duncan Have I Murdered?

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If 'T Be So, for Banquo Banquo Lord Banquo /ˈBæŋkwoʊ/, the Thane of Lochaber, Is a Character in William Shakespeare's 1606 Play Macbeth. in the Play, He Is at...

For Them the Gracious Duncan Have I Murdered?

If 't be so, For Banquo

Banquo
Lord Banquo /ˈbæŋkwoʊ/, the Thane of Lochaber, is a character in William Shakespeare's 1606 play Macbeth. In the play, he is at first an ally of Macbeth (both are generals in the King's army) and they meet the Three Witches together.
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's issue have I filed my mind; 70 For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered; Put rancors in the vessel of my peace Only for them; and mine eternal jewel Given to the common enemy of man, To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings!

What does Macbeth's soliloquy reveal about him act 3?

The soliloquy reveals Macbeth's moral decline; power corrupts. Before, he felt conflicted and then guilty about killing Duncan, but he is now remorseless about killing Banquo.

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Macbeth hears the guards praying and a voice saying " sleep no more, Macbeth murders sleep.. Macbeth will sleep no more."

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