Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 4 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . Macbeth is talking to Lady Macbeth after their dinner guests have departed. [Macbeth:] For mine own good All causes shall give way: I am in blood Stepp’d in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o’er. Strange things I have in head that will to hand, Which must be acted ere they may be scann’d. What does Macbeth mean by the metaphor "I am in blood”?
Macbeth says he has gone so far into blood that turning back would be as difficult as continuing forward. “Blood” refers to the murders and violence he has committed, so he means he is deeply involved in wrongdoing and guilt. The best choice is “He is guilty.”
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