The image of blood is first introduced in scene II. A bloody soldier tells King Duncan of Macbeth's valor and bravery while he was fighting in the battle. Macbeth is portrayed as almost godlike as he fought against Norway. The captain states, "For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name-Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel Which smoked with bloody execution, Like valor's minion carved out his passage Till he faced the slave" (lines 16-20).

Ross then tells Duncan that the Thane of Cawdor was disloyal to him. Duncan replies by saying, "No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive Our bosom interest. Go pronounce his present death And with his former title greet Macbeth" (lines 63-65). Macbeth is now going to become Thane of Cawdor.

The three witches are waiting for Macbeth upon a heath. As Macbeth and Banquo approach, Macbeth says, "So foul and fair a day I have not seen" (line 36). T

Macbeth defies the siege as he orders the battlements to be hung on the castle walls. The castle is prepared for the coming siege. Only desertions in Macbeth's ranks keep him from facing Malcolm's army. A moment aside from the action shows that Macbeth has lost all sense of fear. The death of Lady Macbeth is brought to Macbeth. A messenger brings the news of the advancing Birnam wood, but Macbeth dismisses his news.

This scene opens with a Gentlewoman reporting to the Doctor that she has seen Lady Macbeth sleep walking. She refuses to tell what her mistress said in her sleep. Lady Macbeth enters the room carrying a candle and tries to wash imagined blood from her hands. Her broken language echoes the past murders of Duncan, Lady Macduff, and Banquo.

Siward is told of the death of his son and he asks only if he died bravely. Macduff displays Macbeth's severed head as everyone hails Malcolm as king of Scotland. The nobles are rewarded for their duties and everyone is invited to Scone in celebration.

Before Macbeth kills Duncan, he ponders his decision. He has "no spur to prick the sides of [his] intent, but only Vaulting ambition" (line25). This is Macbeth's tragic flaw that kills him in the end. When Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth that he is not going to follow through with the plans she accuses him of not being a man and makes a reference to children, "I have given suck and know how tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed his brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this" (lines 54-59), which questions whether or not Lady Macbeth and Macbeth ever had children or can have children. Lady Macbeth succeeds in convincing Macbeth to carry through with the plan and Macbeth states his only fear, if he should fail. Macbeth also makes a reference to children by telling Lady Macbeth to bring forth only male children because she is too evil to bring forth girls, which even further questions Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's ability to have children.

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