Title: Blood. The great symbol and indicator of who you are, but also what you have done.
Everyone has it, no one thinks about it, yet it makes up eight percent of your total body weight. Blood is the answer. It is plays a major role in the tragedy of Macbeth. The author, William Shakespeare, implants several different motifs throughout the play. Blood, being one of them, stands out as the most significant. It drives the minds and contributes in a way that it affects both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth incredibly. The motif of blood resembles the major transformations in characters, permanent deeds and ultimately, guilt.
Primarily, when the audience was first introduced to Macbeth, the viewers witnessed great courage of him. Macbeth demonstrated attributes of a noble king. According to the text of Macbeth, “For brave Macbeth -well he deserves that name-” as well as, “Till he …show more content…
“It will have blood, they say. Blood will have blood.” (3.4.26-27) Macbeth shows how guilt has consumed his sane thoughts, to where the only option, in his opinion, is to continue to murder to keep his seat in the throne. He has become an addict of murdering and only sees once he starts, he is unstoppable. This is leading up to the developing guilt. Clearly the audience knows the stain can never be cleaned or erased, the murders are permanent. A quote directly taken from Macbeth, “I see thee still, / And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, / Which was not so before. There's no such thing: / It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes" (2.1.45-49) This allows the audience to picture the image of blood, that Shakespeare wants us to know. Macbeth establishes his panic towards picturing blood on the knife, that serves as a sign to Macbeth that his actions were an appalling mistake. Macbeth speaks with his weapon, confessing to it his distress. Guilt has caused Macbeth mental
Everyone has it, no one thinks about it, yet it makes up eight percent of your total body weight. Blood is the answer. It is plays a major role in the tragedy of Macbeth. The author, William Shakespeare, implants several different motifs throughout the play. Blood, being one of them, stands out as the most significant. It drives the minds and contributes in a way that it affects both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth incredibly. The motif of blood resembles the major transformations in characters, permanent deeds and ultimately, guilt.
Primarily, when the audience was first introduced to Macbeth, the viewers witnessed great courage of him. Macbeth demonstrated attributes of a noble king. According to the text of Macbeth, “For brave Macbeth -well he deserves that name-” as well as, “Till he …show more content…
“It will have blood, they say. Blood will have blood.” (3.4.26-27) Macbeth shows how guilt has consumed his sane thoughts, to where the only option, in his opinion, is to continue to murder to keep his seat in the throne. He has become an addict of murdering and only sees once he starts, he is unstoppable. This is leading up to the developing guilt. Clearly the audience knows the stain can never be cleaned or erased, the murders are permanent. A quote directly taken from Macbeth, “I see thee still, / And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, / Which was not so before. There's no such thing: / It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes" (2.1.45-49) This allows the audience to picture the image of blood, that Shakespeare wants us to know. Macbeth establishes his panic towards picturing blood on the knife, that serves as a sign to Macbeth that his actions were an appalling mistake. Macbeth speaks with his weapon, confessing to it his distress. Guilt has caused Macbeth mental