“Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt”(Plautus). In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare the author follows a character named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from three witches about his future as a king. Macbeth does everything in his power along with his wife Lady Macbeth to make this come true, even if it means murdering the king who’s already on the throne. Shakespeare uses blood and sleepwalking as symbols to convey his theme that guilt impairs one's actions and leaders to their own downfall.
Shakespeare uses blood to symbolize guilt which helps to convey the theme. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s plan to murder King Duncan is finally following through. Macbeth sneaks through the castle up to the King’s bedroom which is supposed to be guarded, but Lady Macbeth got the guards so …show more content…
Macbeth enters the chamber and stabs Duncan to death. After Macbeth kills Duncan he feels an immense amount of guilt for what he has done. He says “Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red”(2.2.59). Macbeth believes he feels enough guilt to make the whole ocean red. He believes he is infecting the water which is supposed the represent purity and corrupting the innocence of his life, and city. Macbeth knows everyone will feel betrayed for what he has done, and it is already a lot on him to keep this secret. His amount of guilt will lead to his downfall. Macbeth after killing Duncan because mentally ill, and experiences multiple hallucinations, which never occurred before this guilt. Lady Macbeth much later after seeing the death of Duncan describes her guilt through karma. “It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood” (3.4.123). Lady Macbeth is saying that because she and Macbeth killed Duncan, they will get repaid for that. Since they allowed the blood of Duncan to pour, their blood will too. She is
Shakespeare uses blood to symbolize guilt which helps to convey the theme. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s plan to murder King Duncan is finally following through. Macbeth sneaks through the castle up to the King’s bedroom which is supposed to be guarded, but Lady Macbeth got the guards so …show more content…
Macbeth enters the chamber and stabs Duncan to death. After Macbeth kills Duncan he feels an immense amount of guilt for what he has done. He says “Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red”(2.2.59). Macbeth believes he feels enough guilt to make the whole ocean red. He believes he is infecting the water which is supposed the represent purity and corrupting the innocence of his life, and city. Macbeth knows everyone will feel betrayed for what he has done, and it is already a lot on him to keep this secret. His amount of guilt will lead to his downfall. Macbeth after killing Duncan because mentally ill, and experiences multiple hallucinations, which never occurred before this guilt. Lady Macbeth much later after seeing the death of Duncan describes her guilt through karma. “It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood” (3.4.123). Lady Macbeth is saying that because she and Macbeth killed Duncan, they will get repaid for that. Since they allowed the blood of Duncan to pour, their blood will too. She is