Page 109- Act 3 Scene 4
I am in blood
Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er.
In this quote Macbeth is talking to Lady Macbeth. He is saying that he has walked so far into the pool of blood he has created that it's too far to go back to make it how it used to be. His only choices are to take a very risky decision and try to go back to the normal way of life or continue murdering people for his place as king. What he means by, "Returning were as tedious as go o'ver" is that no matter which decision he takes it won't be quick and easy but it will be long and tedious.
Macbeth is slowly but surely going insane due to his personal killings. His guilt is taking over his mental state of mind. His guilt has created more problems. The killings become more obviously targeted to people who Macbeth needs to be killed in order for his cover not to be blown. People start getting suspicious. Macbeth's whole mind is full of guilt. He was driven into killing his close friends which can no doubt make some gradually go insane.
This is a good quote! It shows how deep Macbeth is in his murders and shows his slowly going insane
ReplyDeleteI agree with your interpretation of this quote, Lexi. Macbeth is slowly but surely starting to lose his mind and this shows in the quote you chose.
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