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Ep 60 - The Tragedy of Macbeth (Shakespeare)

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Macbeth Kills the Guards

Macbeth kills the guards obviously he doesn't want them speaking and trying to claim and prove their innocence. Duncan's sons Malcolm and Donald Bain know that something is off and they decide to flee to Ireland fearing that whoever killed their father will have their sights set on them next. Macbeth claims that his violent love outran his reason according to him was the outburst of passion a man who did not love the king as much as he wouldn't have done so he killed the two guards because he was so driven with grief not because he needed to hide the fact that it was actually him, we know its premeditation.

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