“I am in blood
Stepped in so far that should I wade?
No more,
Returning were as tedious as go o’er”
I think Macbeth has been walking through the blood of the people that he has killed. The pool of blood has started to rise and he thinks to himself to stop and turn back (returning)but it is very difficult. This is because once he has killed to many even stopping and goin back now, the guilt will not go.
February 3, 2016 at 2:41 pm
Hello,
Having read through this, I think your chosen quotation is a good one and I’m interested in your exploration of the language but you must try your best to draw a difference between figurative and literal. Is Macbeth literally wading through blood?