did it. Never shake Thy gory locks at me" (3.4.50-51). The shocking image breaks through the building tension as Macbeth cannot hold in his secrets much longer. The tone has become a bit confused as was the room in which the events took place. The act ends with a return to the dark, mysterious, evil tones of the witches and their leader. The witch scene signals the beginning of the downfall, and the tone becomes more hopeless towards Macbeth and the reader senses that he won't be suffering much longer. This dark tone ends the act with Lennox saying, "May soon return to this our suffering country...". The tension still stimulates interest in the conclusion of the foreseeable tragedy. Throughout the act and the play, Shakespeare continually emphasizes the ever-present evil through images of fear and inner struggle and keeps the tone quite morose with few breaks for pleasure and relaxation. All the aspects of the tone provide almost a character sketch of Macbeth and epitomizes the attitude which he takes toward his life and goals....
