Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 4 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth has just learned that Fleance escaped the murderers Macbeth sent. Macbeth. Then comes my fit again: I had…

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Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 4 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth has just learned that Fleance escaped the murderers Macbeth sent.

Macbeth. Then comes my fit again: I had else been perfect;
Whole as the marble, founded as the rock

What does Macbeth mean when he says, "I had else been perfect; / Whole as the marble”?

Macbeth is now cold and solid because he has plotted against his king and country.
Macbeth feels like a well-rounded king until he hears the murderer speak.
Macbeth reacts to the murderer’s bad news by freezing up like a statue.
Macbeth is calm and confident until he learns that the attack on Fleance failed.