Confusion now hath made his masterpiece!
Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope
The Lord’s anointed temple, and stole thence
The life o’ the building!
– William Shakespeare
Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 3. A shocked and emotional Macduff, after discovering the body of the murdered Duncan, announces that the worst thing imaginable has happened. In his speech we get a wonderful biblical metaphor comparing Duncan’s body to a temple anointed by God, which has been broken open and its contents stolen. The word confusion is personified in the passage to emphasize the disorder and bewilderment immediately caused by this unnatural crime.