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termines, that the only course now left him, is to wade resolutely through it.
Macb. I will to-morrow,
Betimes I will, unto the Weird Sisters:
More shall they speak; for now I am bent to know,
By the worst means, the worst: for mine own good,
All causes shall give way; I am in blood
Stept in so far, that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er.[1]
Through the whole scene in the Pit of Acheron, Macbeth's language to the Weird Sisters and the Apparitions, is that of confidence and ex-
- ↑ Macbeth, Act iii. Sc. iv.
