Introduction
Macbeth, the three weird sisters, and his wife share a mutual refusal to be clear and say things directly how they happen. The characters mentioned above depend on ambiguity, riddles, and implications to avoid the truth. The ability to manipulate his public image and his language to hide his sins makes Macbeth a typical modern-seeming politician. In essence, when faced with the chance of daring via the criminal Act, Macbeth deceives himself for a short period and adopts a divergent view of the world. In the end, Macbeth is committed to global perceptions that he can hardly believe. Because Macbeth relies on ambiguity, riddles, and implications to seal the truth, his sin is directly linked to Genesis and Dante's Hell.
In Act, I, Scene 4, readers are briefed on how Macbeth desires to gain power even by using subtly. Macbeth scheming on his path to a higher position of a King can be supported by the quote, "The prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down or else o' erleap. For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires." In this context, Macbeth intends to kill the Prince of Cumberland.
Parallels with Biblical and Literary Contexts
In essence, Macbeth feels that his thinking is the best path to pursue. In the book of Genesis 3: 1, Satan uses a subtle when the serpent talks to Eve. The bible quotes, "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden." However, the serpent tells the woman that even if they eat the fruit in the middle of the garden, they will not die. The concept is revealed in Genesis 3: 3 where the woman claims that "But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither ye shall touch it, lest ye die," but the serpent says in Genesis 3: 4 "ye shall not surely die." From the texts, both Macbeth and the serpent are hiding their true intension. Readers understand that Lady Macbeth mimics his husband's language by urging him to appears as an innocent flower despite having a serpent thought just like in Genesis. The texts use appearance and imagery to conceal the truth, which extends to the characters themselves.
In Act II, Scene 2, takes place in Macbeth's home based on Duncan's demise. Shakespeare has chosen this offstage to explain Duncan's Murder. The scene displays the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and their reaction to their sin, contrary to God's law. In Act II, Scene 2, Lady Macbeth exclaims, "what hath quenched them hath given me fire." Lady Macbeth expresses her courage and energy inspired by the liquor to deal with her action to cause Duncan's death. Readers can see that she is hesitant and uneasy and sounds like an owl despite claiming to courageous and bold. In the book of Genesis 9:6, the Bible records that "whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man." From this point, readers can understand that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have violated God's law by committing murder. The characters have the traits of anxious, worrying, and doubtful in pursuit of might and power they had before. In Act II, Scene 2, Lady Macbeth exclaims that "He is about it." In reality, the term "it" is subtly used to signify murder. Such that, she seem scared of saying things as they mean. The term "it" seems like a consolation to her heart as compared to the word "murder." In other words, Lady Macbeth feels comforted and relaxed, based on what she has done with her husband.
Macbeth's Transformation and Punishment
Macbeth's sin can be linked to the seventh Hell of Dante based on his lustful desires. Macbeth does not care about anything that could prevent his action, just like a raging storm does not care to destroy anything on his path. Dante reveals that the Seventh Circle of Hell is occupied by violent forces. The inhabitants include the people who used physical violence towards others. Macbeth is one of them being justly sentenced by submerging them to eternal boiling blood. In Canto XII, line 41, the phrase suggests that "The river of blood in which boils everyone whose violent hurts others." The seventh circle of Hell is the best punishment for Macbeth, who was violent towards Duncan.
Conclusion
Since Macbeth killed only Duncan, he will be forced to stand with his leg in the boiling water. Macbeth's soul will be eternally submerged in the blood he lusted and shed during his time on earth. The idea is supported by the phrase in Canto XII, line 42, which says, "That spurs us onward so in our short life, And in the eternal then so badly steeps us!" In this context, the boiling blood his leg shall be depressed in is that of Duncan simmering with passion and rage when he committed his murder.
