In Macbeth, the motif blood is used to show a characterization of being fearful. This quote took place after Macbeth killed Duncan and we see Macbeth talking to Lady Macbeth about the crime he had just committied.”I’ll go no more. I am afraid to think what I have done. Look on ‘t I dare not,” (2.2.65). In this quote the motif blood is used to show a characterization of being fearful because Macbeth was too afraid to look at Duncan’s body after he brutally murdered him. Macbeth was to afraid to look at Duncan because it haunted him to know that he killed Duncan because he had been loyal to his king for a long time. The second quote took …show more content…
This quote took place after Duncan’s murder and Macduff is telling everyone about what he saw. “Here lay Duncan, His silver skin laced with his golden blood, And his gashed stabs looked like a breach in nature for ruin’s wasteful entrance; there the murderers steeped in the colors of their trade, their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore,” (2.3.130). In this quote the motif blood is used to show a mood of shock because Duncan’s body was covered with blood and had gashes and stabs from the murder. This was shocking because nobody expected a murder to happen in the palace. Everyone was shocked to see Duncan’s bloody body because they never expected someone like the king to get killed in the palace. The second quote took place after Duncan’s murder and Macduff was telling Lennox and Macbeth about the disturbing bloody body of Macbeth. “O horror ,horror, horror! Tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name thee!,” (2.3.73). In this quote the motif blood is used to show a mood of shock because Macduff went to look for the king and he was really shocked to see the dead body of Duncan. This was shocking because Macduff and everyone else never expected someone to kill Duncan and commit treason in the