She is cold about the whole thing, and says to herself about how Macbeth is not strong enough and too kind to murder in cold blood, and she hoes through what she will have to do to motivate her husband into killing the king. ... He might have made each murder have made less of dent in his mind by switching off his feelings inside, making his emotions colder and harder so that nothing could make much of an impact. ...

• Word Count: 2772
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

/Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hand? ... The entire country believes he is covered in blood yet the reader is the only one who understands his reactions towards the deeds he has committed. ... Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking and is speaking to herself; she can see blood and tries to wash it off but nothing will make ...

• Word Count: 2620
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Lady Macbeth's immediate thoughts may make her appear as thoroughly irreligiously cold and ambitious, but this is not so. ... [T] Another motif used to exemplify Shakespeare's theme is blood. ... The odor of the blood also has the same effect, as she exclaims "Here's the smell of blood still. / All the perfumes of Arabia" would not be able to "sweeten this little hand" of hers. [M] The motif of blood plays an important factor in the framework of the theme. ... Since he can not ride himself of his guilt by washing the blood away, his fate may have been sealed The blood on ...

• Word Count: 2918
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

After murdering King Duncan, his wife tells him to wash away the blood from his hands and exits. A brief moment later, Macbeth starts conversing with himself inside his castle and says, "Will all great Neptune's oceans wash this blood Clean from my hands? ... In this quote, Macbeth is using "all great Neptune's oceans" as an allusion and a hyperbole to say that no amount of water can get rid of the blood from his hands. ... The distorted view of manliness that Lady Macbeth instilled inside Macbeth has taken root and budded in his heart as he now believes that being a m...

• Word Count: 3108
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth act very innocent and no one suspects them and suspicion is hanging over the guards because Lady Macbeth had covered them in blood the night and rested the daggers next to them before so Macbeth had them put to death. ...

• Word Count: 3066
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with." Witches were thought to have allowed the Devil to suck their blood in exchange for an evil servant or a "familiar" such as: a bird, beast or reptile. ...

• Word Count: 3254
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

She could not sleep because she could not stop dreaming about Duncan and his body that was scattered with blood. She would keep on washing her hands so the blood would disappear but it was not helping her because soon after she died. ... "Will it not be received, / When we have mark"d with blood those sleepy two / Of his own chamber, and used their very daggers, / That they have done't?" ...

• Word Count: 12917
• Approx Pages: 52
• Grade Level: High School