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Macbeth says "He's here in double trust" in Shakespeare's Macbeth. He is considering the possibility of assassinating his king, Duncan, so that he can ascend to the throne. He means that Duncan has two reasons to trust Macbeth: 1: He is "his kinsman and his subject," so he would naturally be repulsed by the idea of killing Duncan; 2: Macbeth is hosting the king in his home; Duncan would assume that Macbeth would be sheltering him because of this, so he would not suspect his host to be the murderer. The use of the word "trust" in this line is very good. When Shakespeare could just say "Duncan wouldn't suspect me for two reasons," he concisely presents the idea of a very natural trust that Duncan has in Macbeth, a trust which Macbeth is about to betray.

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