Internal conflict is very important in the play. Many of the famous soliloquies are spoken in a moment of conflict in the character’s mind after some event often concerning the Witches and their prophecies. These include, ‘The raven himself is hoarse’ (act 1, scene 5), ‘If it were done when ’tis done’ (act 1, scene 7) and ‘Is this a dagger I see before me’ (act 2, scene 1) soliloquies. In ‘The raven himself is horse’ soliloquy, Lady Macbeth is in great conflict about the committing of the murder. She is speaking to her capacity for evil within her as she calls on spirits to ‘unsex’ her and to give her the abilities and feelings of a man. In this soliloquy, Shakespeare portrays her as very ambitious and very scheming, so much so that she could be blamed for the whole downfall of Macbeth. It uses a lot of supernatural imagery such as ‘The raven himself is hoarse’, ’murd’ring ministers’ and ‘come, you spirits’ which emphasises how much of an effect the supernatural has on this play. Lady Macbeth uses very dramatic language in her soliloquy by saying ‘make thick my blood’, ‘take my milk for gall’ and ‘pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell’, this has the effect of making her internal conflict seem even more powerful. She is almost arguing with herself, especially her gender, saying that she should be the one to kill Duncan and not Macbeth but it seems that her being a woman is the only thing stopping her. In the ‘If it were done when ’tis done’ soliloquy, Macbeth is demonstrating very potent internal conflict, seen very clearly in the text. Shakespeare clearly displays Macbeth’s conflicting emotions by dividing his soliloquy into 4 parts, each with a different side of his internal conflict. The first section, ‘If it were done when ’tis done…..We’d jump the life to come’, shows Macbeth saying that if the murder could be done with no consequences, he would do it in an instance. the second section, ‘But in these cases….To our own lips’, he is saying that although in a perfect world, there would be no consequences, there are after all and he will have to face them after he has done the deed, especially if people follow in his own footsteps and try to kill him. The third section, ‘He’s here in double trust…..That tears shall drown the wind’, is Macbeth saying that Duncan is an excellent king and he, Macbeth, is a loyal follower so, why should he kill Duncan. Finally, the fourth, but the most important section, ‘I have no spur…..And falls on th’other’, is Macbeth admitting to his own fatal flaw, blind ambition, and saying that this would lead him to his own