He begins to ponder the idea of being king while Banquo dismisses the witches.Lady Macbeth influence on him is big, that it has a subconscious effect on Macbeth. ... Then when he asks Lady Macbeth if Duncan has asked for him ,he says "we will proceed no further" but Lady Macbeth asks Duncan if he is "afeard" or if "art in desire" of his to kill Duncan. ... There had to be some desire to be king inside him that would make him kill. ...
Would it be inaccurate to assume that if prophesised that you were to be king and have an entire country at your disposal, that you would not crave and develop an insatiable desire and ambition to be so? ... When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more that what you were, you would Be so much more the man" Despite Macbeth's unwillingness to perform the act, he still had visions of a dagger created within his mind, this suggesting subconsciously he had the ambition and will to kill King Duncan. ...