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What is the primary theme of the “To be thus is nothing” soliloquy in Macbeth?

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The irony of Macbeth's "To be thus is nothing, / But to be safely thus" soliloquy in act 3, scene 1, is that the situation in which Macbeth finds himself regarding the threat that Banquo and Banquo's children pose to his throne is Macbeth's own fault.

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