In these lines Macbeth labels his desire to become king as "black and deep longings" and believes that his "black" heart will be exposed. Furthermore, he states that he wants God to be blind to his crimes because his "deep desires" are power and rule of Scotland at any cost, including his soul. Another factor in why Macbeth is evil is that he willingly welcomes this evil and later openly declares that he is "in blood/He has entered so far that if [he] should wade no more/Return it would be as tedious as going further." "(46). It is also his free will that causes Macbeth to go on a murderous rampage, the first of which is King