By Act 5, Scene 8, everything is unraveling quickly for Macbeth. Many of the witch predictions have come true, so Macbeth is likely starting to get worried about the prediction to be wary of Macduff. Of course, Macbeth also is still supremely confident that Macduff can do him no real damage. Macbeth thinks that he cannot be hurt or killed by anybody born of a woman. So despite being wary, Macbeth doesn't see any point in killing himself.
Why should I play the Roman fool and die
On mine own sword?
The quote shows that Macbeth thought the Roman rulers that killed themselves instead of going down fighting were fools. Macbeth doesn't compare himself to a fool. He makes a distinction. He says that he will not be like those rulers that he considered foolish. To Macbeth's credit, he goes out fighting to his very last breath.
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