t the wound it makes, N'or heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry, "Hold, hold!" (I, V, 53-57) By the end of Act I, we can see that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have sided with "Darkness". By listening to the prompting of the witches they have given in to them and side with the forces of evil. But, Banquo, is still cautious about the idea of even and darkness. He shows us that the witches aeonly tell partial truths that look pretty at first, but, will hurt you in the end. This also brings to us to thetheme of evil and how it does the same thing. It comes across as being very tempting but, willdefinitely bring you down in the end. Another strong image in the play is "blood". It is perhaps the most powerful image ofMacbeth's character change. One such image is portrayed just before Macbeth visits the witches forthe second time. He says to his wife, Lady Macbeth that "For mine own good All causes shall give away; I am in blood Stepp'd in so for, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er:" (III, IV, 166-169) This says that he is no longer concerned with who is in his way as long as he gets to the top. He is being driven by evil once again. The blood image shows that once Macbeth sided with the forcesof darkness, killing Duncan, he was overwhelmed and would never escape evil's ugly grasp. Thuschanging his character forever. It also effects the them of the play. In Elizabethan times, to be namedKing you were appointed by God. So, to kill a King you are going against God, thus once again sidingwith evil. So when Macbeth murdered King Duncan it was almost like a "cardinal sin". So bad in factthan he would never be able to clean his hands of the blood. If he were to try to clean his hands therewould be so much of it that it would turn the oceans red with the blood of the King (God). This point ismade clear by Macbeth when he says. "Will all great Neptune...
