When Macbeth and Lady Macbeth kill Duncan they frame the guards by putting the bloody daggers into the room of the guards. Beforehand, Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to go frame the guards "and smear / The sleepy grooms with blood" (V,i). By smearing the blood of the daggers on the sleeping guards, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth manage to get away with murder. ... In Macbeth it has the same theme. ... While trying to wash the foulness off her hands, she speaks in her sleep, "Out, damned spot, out, I say! ...

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William Shakespeare cleverly keeps the sympathy towards Macbeth by describing Macbeth's hesitancy to kill King Duncan, how delusional and crazy he becomes after the murder of the king and Banquo, and his reaction to Lady Macbeth's suicide. ... He sees blood spots on the dagger as it points towards Macbeth's hand. ... Macbeth has to be clamed down by Lady Macbeth in front of all the Scottish lords. ... Lady Macbeth's gentlewoman who is constantly watching over her has seen Lady Macbeth relive the same horrible memories over and over again. ... This is proven throughout the...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The captain describes the battle to Duncan, and praises "Brave Macbeth". He says that Macbeth's sword " smoked with bloody execution... Lady Macbeth smears Duncan's chamber guards with the King's blood, in order to make them look guilty of the "bloody business", as Macbeth calls the murder. ... While sleepwalking, she looks at her hands, and cries: "Out damned spot-(5.1.33). ... The theme of blood can therefore be seen as a cycle: The Honourable Macbeth, becomes the Treacherous Macbeth after murdering Duncan, and soon after becomes the Guilty Macbeth, and then is kille...

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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth, guilt is a recurring motif of great significance due to its psychological effect on the lives of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. ... With persuasion from his wife, whose desire for Macbeth to become king is great, Lord Macbeth carries out the murder of King Duncan. This evil deed sets off feelings of guilt in Macbeth and Lady Macbeth which cause the characters to mentally disintegrate. ... Lady Macbeth's guilt begins to manifest itself as she begins to sleepwalk, talks about the murders that have been committed and seems to be attempting t...

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• Grade Level: High School