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After the royal murder, Macbeth behaved as though suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Specifically, in Act 2 Scene 2 of the Shakespearean play, Macbeth (c. 1014 - August 15, 1057) stabbed to death King Duncan I (d. August 14, 1040) and his two royal guards. Macbeth came out unhinged from the bloodied crime scene of bloodied corpses. He could not bear to think about what he had done. Neither could he motivate himself to go back to plant the murder weapons on the guards. Nor could he stop hearing the protesting sounds of nature against such heinous acts. Nor could he think about his refusal to honor one of the guard's pleas for God's blessing.

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