The character of Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, is a confused man who speaks of things that his body and future supposed fortune does not agree with. For example, during Macbeth's soliloquy in Act 1: Scene 2 he says, "Mine eyes are made the fools o' th' other senses." (2.1.56). This quote demonstrates how Macbeth is seeing things or hallucinating images that he cannot touch or smell or hear. His mind is trying to tell him of the things that shouldn't be done, but Macbeth and his body dismiss these messages. Another example of this is when he states that, "And, on thy blade and dudgeon, gouts of blood, Which was not so before. There's no such thing." Macbeth simply puts away the slightest chance that these things that he is seeing are real or may mean something. Is this because he knows what he is doing is unjust or because he does not understand who's blood he was seeing, blood of the King or of himself? Macbeth may disagree with the words that he speaks, but these words do not contrast from his true feelings because they are the truth in which he understands. Everything Macbeth says and sees is real but whether or not he believes in and acts upon these things ultimately decides his fate, therefore foreshadowing Macbeth's future.
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