All throughout the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, he uses many motifs to articulate the themes and evolve the plot. One of the more noticeable motifs is the presence of blood. This is used to symbolize fearlessness and power as well as corruption and villainous. As incidents unravel in the story, the main character and his wife both become continuously more corrupt and their dishonest acts begin to weigh on their conscious. In “Macbeth”, Shakespeare utilizes blood as a motif to illustrate the developing guilt Macbeth and Lady Macbeth endure as a result of their violent and devious actions.
Long before Macbeth commits any crimes, he hallucinates due to the excessive amount of stress he is under. Macbeth’s remorse over his murder demonstrates …show more content…
Lady Macbeth, in a confused state says, “Yet who would have thought the old man / to have had so much blood in him?”(5.1.40-41) as she drifts about the castle sleepwalking and talking. Lady Macbeth confesses her disgust of seeing all of the blood in the eerie place of Duncan’s murder. Though she had been assisting in its execution, she had not anticipated the degree of consequences of her manipulation. In her sleep, the Lady is continually washing and wringing her hands of the imagined blood of all of the casualties of her and Macbeth’s rise to power. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have now swapped character traits. As Macbeth builds his desire for power and killing, Lady Macbeth becomes mentally fragile and guiltier. She is now the one with pure morals while Macbeth is clearing his mind of any morals left. Since the night of the first murder, it seems that Lady Macbeth, like her husband, feels that the blood of the crime will forever be stuck on their hands; the guilt of it will always infect her conscious. The staggering remorse she feels leads to her ultimate …show more content…
Macbeth is speaking of an acient saying, “It will have blood they say. / Blood will have blood.”(3.4.128). Macbeth is very fearful for himself after seeing the ghost of Banquo. He realizes that someone will want to take reprisalfor the bad things he has done and is saying the quote out loud because he finally understands it. The person Macbeth is most worried about is Macduff. Macbeth knows Macduff chooses not to believe that he is meant to be king so he is frightened by him. He is worried that Banquo’s ghost is a clue that his downfall is soon to come. The blood he has spilled has given him the throne but at the same time, every time he kills another person, he is killing his own innocence and conscience inside. Macbeth’s cockiness as a king flies through the roof when he hears a bloody baby say, “None of women born shall harm Macbeth.” (4.1.82-83). Macbeth has come back to the Weird Sisters and order that they give him a second prophecy. Macbeth sees a bloody baby appear that basically says that no man can kill him. Macbeth is overly enthusiastic at this news and it encourages him to gain more power; he thinks he is invincible. Macbeth’s new level of arrogance has now brought him to an all time low with his morals. Macbeth is unaware of this but the bloody baby represents Macduff as a baby. He was taken out of his mother’s stomach so he has the ability to
Long before Macbeth commits any crimes, he hallucinates due to the excessive amount of stress he is under. Macbeth’s remorse over his murder demonstrates …show more content…
Lady Macbeth, in a confused state says, “Yet who would have thought the old man / to have had so much blood in him?”(5.1.40-41) as she drifts about the castle sleepwalking and talking. Lady Macbeth confesses her disgust of seeing all of the blood in the eerie place of Duncan’s murder. Though she had been assisting in its execution, she had not anticipated the degree of consequences of her manipulation. In her sleep, the Lady is continually washing and wringing her hands of the imagined blood of all of the casualties of her and Macbeth’s rise to power. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have now swapped character traits. As Macbeth builds his desire for power and killing, Lady Macbeth becomes mentally fragile and guiltier. She is now the one with pure morals while Macbeth is clearing his mind of any morals left. Since the night of the first murder, it seems that Lady Macbeth, like her husband, feels that the blood of the crime will forever be stuck on their hands; the guilt of it will always infect her conscious. The staggering remorse she feels leads to her ultimate …show more content…
Macbeth is speaking of an acient saying, “It will have blood they say. / Blood will have blood.”(3.4.128). Macbeth is very fearful for himself after seeing the ghost of Banquo. He realizes that someone will want to take reprisalfor the bad things he has done and is saying the quote out loud because he finally understands it. The person Macbeth is most worried about is Macduff. Macbeth knows Macduff chooses not to believe that he is meant to be king so he is frightened by him. He is worried that Banquo’s ghost is a clue that his downfall is soon to come. The blood he has spilled has given him the throne but at the same time, every time he kills another person, he is killing his own innocence and conscience inside. Macbeth’s cockiness as a king flies through the roof when he hears a bloody baby say, “None of women born shall harm Macbeth.” (4.1.82-83). Macbeth has come back to the Weird Sisters and order that they give him a second prophecy. Macbeth sees a bloody baby appear that basically says that no man can kill him. Macbeth is overly enthusiastic at this news and it encourages him to gain more power; he thinks he is invincible. Macbeth’s new level of arrogance has now brought him to an all time low with his morals. Macbeth is unaware of this but the bloody baby represents Macduff as a baby. He was taken out of his mother’s stomach so he has the ability to