Macbeth

Title: Macbeth
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 845 | Pages: 3.6 (approximately 235 words/page)

Macbeth

Images of blood and water occur frequently throughout William Shakespeares Macbeth, the significance of which should not be overlooked. Shakespeare uses these images to portray the horror of the central action, Duncan’s murder. The vibrant images of blood and water also symbolize the unending guilt of the two protagonists, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The blood and water represents their inability to erase the memory of Duncan’s murder and the impossibility of ridding their …showed first 75 words of 845 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 845 total…of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to rid themselves of their guilty consciences. The blood clings to their hands and makes them unable to forget the repulsive crimes they committed. The end of the play carries the blood and water simile to its inevitable finale. Lady Macbeth’s suicide is directly a result of her inability to rid herself of the guilt and Macbeth’s execution is directly related to “ blood will have blood”, (III, iv,122).

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