Previously, the Macbeth castle was depicted as an idyllic sight: "This castle has a pleasant seat; the air / Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself / Unto our gentle senses" (Duncan, 1.6.1-3) or "This guest of summer, / The templehaunting martlet, does approve, / By his loved mansionry, that the heaven's breath / Smells
wooingly here" (Banquo, 1.6.3-6); but after the murder it turns immediately into the castle of horrors, into Hell itself.