Blood's change in connotation from triumph, to treason, and finally to tempestuous guilt parallels the actions of Macbeth and his wife as the blood motif enhances the theme of equivocation. ... Remorsefully, Macbeth realizes that there is too much blood to be washed away; instead, the blood will color the seas, "making the green one red." ... Macbeth refuses to acknowledge Banquo's vitality, yelling, "quit my sight thy blood is cold." ... Then realizing that he cannot cover up his crime, Macbeth hysterically states "it will have blood blood will have blood." ... Ironically, it i...

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The word "blood" and its variations are used approximately 42 times throughout the course of Macbeth. ... Blood is used so often in the play, that it can be categorises as an extremely important theme. ... Treachery and treason form the next phases of the blood imagery. ... By this, she is asking the evil spirits to allow her to cold-heartedly, and without emotion, participate in the murder of Duncan. After the murder of Duncan, blood becomes a symbol of guilt. ...

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Unlike the typical woman, Lady Macbeth is cold hearted and cruel, putting her own prosperity before the moral integrity of Macbeth. ... Rather than oscillating back and forth between moral integrity and evil ambition, Macbeth lets his paranoia and greed control him as he metamorphoses into a cold blooded killer. ... However, once Macbeth's hands are stained with the King's blood, he is not hesitant to commit another murder as if it were second nature. ...

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He is not destitute of feelings, unlike a cold-blooded villain. ... Lady Macbeth, on the other hand, is much more cold-blooded, and a character we fear because of that. ... Immediately afterwards, Macbeth could feel nothing would never be the same - "Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more:/Macbeth does murder sleep', the innocent sleep-, "I am afraid to think what I have done;/Look on't again, I dare not-, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hand? ...

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Banquo realises that there must be a trick hidden in the witches prophecies somewhere but Macbeth refuses to accept that, and when Lady Macbeth finds out about the witches her strong desire for ambition and her cold nature leads Macbeth astray. ... Make thick my blood". ... Afterwards she gets the daggers that Macbeth had brought with him and smeared them with blood and then told Macbeth to change into a nightgown. ... I believe she was shocked because I think that Lady Macbeth was surprised that she was able to get Macbeth to commit the murder of Duncan, but was shocked at how over one nigh...

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Reading aloud allows the audience to see her true character straight away revealing her cruel and cold nature. ... "Make thick my blood, Stop up the access and passage to remorse- is a very passionate comment as reptile imagery is created with her wanting her blood to become cold and slow-moving like that of a snake which has devilish connotations. ... After Duncan's murder, Lady Macbeth regains control over her husband and ensures he is dressed in the appropriate nightwear to avoid suspicion and has washed any blood off himself. Ironically, towards the end of the play, Lady Macbeth becom...

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Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? ... Make thick my blood. ... Yet who would have thought the old man To have so much blood in him? ... Here's the smell of blood still. ... (V i 41-55) Lady Macbeth's cold, hard, supernatural disposition in the beginning of the play is one that is very capable of producing the desired effect, which in this case is murder. ...

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( II, v, 41-57) Lady Macbeth wants the spirits to replace all her nurturing, feminine qualities with remorseless cruelty, by changing her blood - slowing it down and making it cold. ... Blood occurs frequently throughout the play, due to the many murders that are committed. After Macbeth kills Duncan, he and Lady Macbeth have blood on their hands: Macbeth: "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? ... Lady Macbeth realizes that her hands are also stained with blood. ... Therefore as it is seen, Macbeth is a play filled with blood and bloody actions. ...

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Imagination has always played an important role in shaping one's characteristics. We see imagination playing similar role in Macbeth's life before and after he murders King Duncan. Before murdering Duncan, Macbeth imagines a dagger leading him to the king's chamber. After murdering King Duncan, Macb...

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But the reader learns that Macbeth is not quite as cold and calculating as he appears to other characters. ... She sleep walks and talks about the blood she cannot get washed off, the recurring imagery of blood is used as a symbol to demonstrate the constant feelings of guilt felt by the characters, ultimately leading to their endless feelings of fear. ...

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Macbeth has now made the transformation from a loyal subject of the king to a cold-blooded killer, a change that only he could have prevented. ... Lady Macbeth or the witches don't feed Macbeths craving for murder and blood. ... She feels she cannot remove the consequences of her guilty part in the first crime and cannot wash away the blood from the murders committed after Duncan. ...

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Thy bones are marrow less, thy blood is cold: Thou hast no speculation in those eyes which thou dost glare with!" ... Lady Macbeth eventually started feeling guilty herself, when she sleepwalks and pretends to wash blood off of her hands. ...

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"Behind every great man, there is a great woman." This classic saying may as well have been inspired by the role of Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Arguably the most powerful woman in literature, Lady Macbeth sets all that transpires in the play into motion. Without Lady Macbeth's encourage...

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In the William Shakespeare play, Macbeth, the presence of Banquo's ghost explicitly shows the mental deterioration of Macbeth, whereas Lady Macbeth is cunning and covers up for her husband; although she does not see Banquo's ghost. Firstly, Macbeth becomes so overwhelmed at the sight of the ghost th...

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Betrayal, secrets and cold blooded murder are all things that can be found in Shakespeare's theatrical masterpiece, "Macbeth." This is a well-known tragedy of a man so driven by greed that he would kill not only the King, but also his good friend. It is easy to see that it was Macbeth who killed Kin...

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William Shakespeare's MacBeth "Thunder and lightning : Enter three witches." The first scene of Shakespeare's classic "Macbeth". The story of a cowardly nobleman's rise to power, and his collapse to death. Can a person's ambition, in a dark world, lead them to murder, just to obtain power? I ...

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By the end of Act 1, after the brutality of what they have committed, the relationship is completely destroyed, giving way only to loneliness, coldness and insanity. ... Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?... Before she said that "a little water cleans us of this dead", but now she can't even wash out "the spot of blood." ...

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A person may have many roles in their life that they must fulfill. For instance, being a friend, co-worker, father, mother or a citizen, are all roles a person may possess. Due to different circumstances and situations, one may have to gain or lose roles and their current roles may change. William S...

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Lady Macduff, however, is the complete opposite of Lady Macbeth, and also exactly the 17th centuries' societies' definition of what a woman should be like; the kind, nurturing one and not the cold, ruthless, and scolding one. ... Contrary to the powerful woman she was before, she started going crazy, constantly making herself believe that she had "blood on her hands," due to the fact that Duncan's death was partly a result of her influence. ...

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