orthy gentleman!" (I, II, 24), yet as king, we see how he has changed, "Devilish Macbeth / By many of these trains hath sought to win me / Into his power" (IV, III, 117-119). We see this through blood. First, how Macbeth shed blood honorably, in war, defending Scotland: For brave Macbeth with his brandish'd steel like a valour's minioin carv'd out his passage / till hefaced the slaveunseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, / and fix'd his head upon our battlements. (I, II, 16-23)When Macbeth next sees blood, however, it is upon the dagger that he hallucinates of, while he is considering killing King Duncan. Through the blood, Macbeth convinces himself to commit the crime, and proceeds to murder the King. However, immediately after he has commits this heinous crime, we see, through blood, that a great change has occurred in him, when he commits his next murders, "O yet I do repent me of my fury, / That I did kill them." (II, III, 107-108). Macbeth slays the guards, whom he framed for Duncan's murder, and he has does it without hesitation. This shows us that Macbeth has now lost control over himself, and that Lady Macbeth has lost control over him as well. Macbeth next draws blood, when he murders Banquo. Whether or not Macbeth was present at the murder is debatable, however, Banquo does return to haunt Macbeth as a ghost. Banquo's ghost is described as having "gory locks" (III, IV, 51), and "twenty mortal murders" (III, IV, 81) on his face. The return of Banquo as a ghost represents Macbeth's downfall. He is now convinced that he has no choice but to continue his career of murder and deceit "I am in blood / Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, /Returning were as tedious as go o'er" (III, IV, 136-138). We see that he is now becoming desperate, as he returns to the witches for further advice. Macbeth decides to kill Macduff, and his family, which again, shows his desperate nature "give to the edge of the sword / His wife, his...
