Why Does Macbeth Kill Duncan

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Scene 7 Inside the castle, as servants set a table for the evening’s dinner, Macbeth (by himself) ponders if he should assassinate Duncan. He thinks that it would be easy if he could be sure that it would not result in terrible consequences. He declares his willingness to risk eternal damnation. He then considers the reasons why he ought not to kill Duncan: Macbeth is Duncan’s kinsman, subject, and host; also, the king a righteous ruler. Macbeth realizes there is no reason to kill Duncan other than his own desire.
Lady Macbeth enters and tells her husband the king has finished eating, and that he has been asking for him. Macbeth tells her that he no longer wants to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth gets mad and, tells her husband he is a coward and

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