Do we? Ok, I guess Shakespeare does do a very complete job in order to create some sympathy for Macbeth. To start, Macbeth himself knows that his murderous intentions are not correct. He asks the universe to cover up his desire for the crown:
Stars, hide your fires/let not light see my black and deep desires.
He wrestles with the decision after Lady Macbeth has pushed him to do it, listing Duncan's virtues:
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-tongued, against/The deep damnation of his taking-off
And by admitting that it his own ambition that is leading him to do this:
I have no spur/To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition
Then we see Macbeth taken in by Lady Macbeth's very convincing arguments. Shakespeare shows that Macbeth doesn't decide to kill the king, but only gives in to her demands.
The Shakespeare shows Macbeth's remorse after Duncan has been murdered:
I'll go no more:
I am afraid to think what I have done;
Look on't again I dare not.
And again after the killing of Banquo, when he is so troubled by the sight of Banquo's ghost:
or be alive again,
And dare me to the desert with thy sword;
And finally at the end, Macbeth tells us that his actions were not worth it:
Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more
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