After killing King Duncan and reaping the rewards that followed, Macbeth begins to believe that it was a horrendous decision to follow through with Lady Macbeth’s plan to execute the king. Not only has Macbeth been deprived of vital sleep as a result, but he has also put himself in a position that is impossible to get out of in a pleasant way. When Macbeth talks to Lady Macbeth about returning to the witches to learn more about his future, he reflects upon the hole that he has dug himself into: “I am in blood, stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er.” (Macbeth Act III Sc 4 li. 141-143). This shows that Macbeth knows that he has put himself in a very difficult situation. No matter how much he wants
