The imagery of blood is used to symbolize different things and meanings. ... The symbolism of blood switches from courage to evil before Duncan is murdered. ... They must lie there. Go, carry them and smear The sleepy grooms with blood," (2.2.62-64). ... By changing the symbolism of blood throughout Macbeth, Shakespeare depicts how the act of killing shifts as well as how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth transform because they are affected by the murders....

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

"They met me in the day of success: and I have learned by the perfect'st report, they have more in them than mortal knowledge." ... However, more than anything, it appears that Lady Macbeth is a very greedy woman, desirous of things that seem very much out of reach. ... (Act 1 scene 7) Lady Macbeth is very committed to carrying out the crime. ... She no longer has any control over Macbeth and has become delirious, carrying a lit candle wherever she walks. ... As more things happen, she loses her mask of evil. ...

• Word Count: 1636
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

They recount to Macbeth three prophecies. ... One can ponder on whether Macbeth ever had a chance of doing what was right after he met with the witches, because of how strong their words were, and because of how many great things they were promising to him. ... Each of these apparitions has obvious symbolism and is the witches next attempt in showing Macbeth his superiority and his inevitability. ... Each person is carrying a branch from a tree, to form an illusion that they were a moving forest. ... Although there are other things, which contributed to the tragedy of Mac...

• Word Count: 1808
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Desire and ambition can cause people to do evil things. ... Shakespeare uses the symbolism of dark versus light to portray evil versus good. ... At the begging of the play, Lady Macbeth is evil, but after her guilty conscience causes her to sleepwalk, she carries a candle to keep away from the darkness (evil). ... (Act I, Scene I) This nonsense riddle displays the powerful meaning that things are not always what they seem to be. ... They simply stimulated his emotions. ...

• Word Count: 2016
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

They are that he will become the thane of Glamis, thane of Cawdor and the king of Scotland. " All hail, Macbeth! ... All of the characters in this play that represented evil got what they deserved but there is character such as Duncan and banquo who did not get what they deserved but if it was not for them the evil would of not been destroyed. ... "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