Lady Macbeth's immediate thoughts may make her appear as though she is a thoroughly irreligiously cold and ambitious woman, but this is not so. ... She talks to the evil spirits to make her cold-hearted with lines such as, "fill me from the crown to the toe-top full of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood." ... When she yells about ridding herself of Duncan's blood, she is presenting a metaphor. She does not truly want to be rid of Duncan's blood itself, but rather the fear and guilt that his murder has forced upon her. ...

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"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? ... Thy bone are marrow less, thy blood is cold; thou has no speculation in those eyes" (III, iv, 93-97). ... Blood represents a lot of guilt for Lady Macbeth, as well. ... Again, showing the imagery of blood used as guilt. The imagery of blood is used in two different ways. ...

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But encouragement from his wife and the prophecy from the witches are enough to convince Macbeth to kill the King in cold blood. ... (Act V, Scene I) Shakespeare also uses blood to signify evil and water for purification. He continually uses the word blood in full descriptions, in bloody events, and by repeating the word blood in unlikely parts of the play. ... More blood depicting evil is revealed when Macbeth appears in the banquet room with Banquo's blood on his face, Banquo himself appearing "with twenty trenched gashes on his head-, "blood-bolter'd- and smiling at his mu...

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Then he deteriorates into an impulsive cold-blooded murderer, because of other people dominating his decisions. ... After thinking thoroughly, Macbeth decides not to commit the murder, because he is frightened of the consequences for the reason he has never killed anyone in a cold blooded attack before, only in battle. ... He almost seems delirious: " all great Neptune's ocean [will not] wash this blood Clean from my hand" Macbeth is a horrible monster and a sensitive man-a victim of the witches and his own ambitions. ... To clear the carnage out of his mind and the blood off his ...

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Macbeth realises the magnitude of his deeds when he looks at his hands 'will all great Neptune's oceans wash this blood clean from my hand.' Macbeth thinks that if he washes his hands then all the water will turn red with the amount of blood on his hands. ... His cold-blooded and heartless killings are brutal and bloody. ...

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In the play of Macbeth, we see the changes within Macbeth, as he revolutionizes from a hero, courageous and bold in combat, to a slayer, engulfed with guilt, until he finally becomes a cold-blooded and tyrannical ruler, emptied of human emotions. ... "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood, clean from my hands?" ...

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He speaks of the dagger then it reappears but this time it has blood on it. ... 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 color of their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. ... Thy boned are marrowless, thy blood is cold; thou hast no speculation in those eyes which thou dost glare with" (Act 3, scene 4). ...

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For example, in his mind he can not wash the blood from his hands. Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand?... Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with (III.iv.93-97). ...

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Lady Macbeth's immediate thoughts may make her appear as thoroughly irreligiously cold and ambitious, but this is not so. ... As opposed to her seemingly violent character, Lady Macbeth is horrified by blood, and during her sleepwalking soliloquy refers to her hand as if suggesting a delicate stature by uttering this: "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."" ... She now has to wear a mask' of this determined and cold character, creating more distance between her true self and Macbeth. ...

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Lady Macbeth wants to lose her femininity so she can be cold-blooded and commit murder like a man does. ... After Macbeth has done the deed, he is in a trance, and it is left up to Lady Macbeth to place the dagger he used next to the guards and smear them with the kings blood. ...

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'Will all great Neptune's Ocean wash this blood.' ... Blood symbolises evil and for Macbeth it is suspicion, as he has become paranoid. Macbeth is not a cold-blooded killer or he would not be feeling these emotions. ...

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