Macbeth
In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the imagery of blood throughout the play becomes a dominant theme. It is used as an example of honor, bravery, and symbol of a brave fighter who battles for his country, and later on used to show guilt, murder, treason and becomes a treacherous symbol. The first reference to blood is one of honor, showed in Act I scene 2. This occurs when Duncan sees the injured soldier and says, "What bloody man is that?"(Act 1, 2, 1) This is symbolic of the brave fighter who has been injured in a courageous battle for his country. In the next portion, in which the soldier says, "Which smoked with bloody execution," he is referring to Macbeth's braveness in which his sword is covered in the hot blood of the
The next reference is in Act 2, Scene 2, line 15. This is when Lady MacBeth talks about smearing the blood from the dagger on the faces and hands of the King's Guards. "I laid their daggers ready; He could not miss em". Noticing that how she said THEIR daggers. She is setting up the innocent servants for the murder of the king, making it look like they committed the murder. There is another referral to blood in this scene regarding guilt. MacBeth says this in Act 2, Scene 2, line 77, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?" This is an example of blood representing guilt, because MacBeth wishes he could just wash his guilt away. The symbol of blood now changes to show a form of murder guilt and treason. This is seen when Lady Macbeth starts
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Approximate Word count = 522
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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