Markeita Hollins
7B
4/25/2017
MacBeth: Blood
In the play Macbeth, Blood plays a big role in the character's, Blood meaning family and blood meaning the liquid that flows through your body. In Acts one through five blood is brought up multiple times. When blood is brought up in ACTs one through five, it means macbeth or someone else is talking about the death of banquo.
In ACT one, scene two, Duncan, who is the king, says, “What bloody man is that? He can report, as seemth by his plight, of the revolt the newest state.” King Duncan asks about the sergeant, and then tells the story of Macbeth's victories over Macdonwald and the King of Norway. The sergeant tells the story in itself heroic, because his loss of blood has made him
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There’s no such thing: it is the bloody business which informs thus to mine eyes.” Before killing king duncan, macbeth states that. But Duncan is not so far necessarily gone, but he does not know what going on and what is going to happen to him. After Macbeth killed king duncan, she looked at her hand and says, “This a sorry sight.” Lady Macbeth things that what macbeth was was a crazy thing to say, and when he brought the murder weapon, she thought that was even more crazy of him to bring it with them. After killing King duncan, Macbeth was really scared, and nervous. He never wanted to kill King Duncan, but his wife really wanted to, so he killed him. Macbeth says, “Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/clean from my hand?” as he stares at his hand and stands still, he makes that statement and rethinks what he just did. After asking that question, he also answered the question. He said,”No,this is my hand will rather/ the multitudinous seas incarnadine/ making the green one red.” His wife then decided to dip her hands in the king duncan's blood and smears it. Then she told Macbeth, “A little water clears us of the dead.” But when she later gets mad, she appears to have blood on her hands that she can not get off. In the rest of ACT two, macbeth talks about the murder of king duncan and describes the murder …show more content…
In the first scene Macbeth says, “Our bloody bloody cousin are bestow’d.” macbeth makes that statement trying to rub their guilt, and make them feel bad about what they did. And after all of that went down, Banquo leaves and macbeth starts finding a way to murder him. In scene two, Macbeth explains to Lady Macbeth about what he did, and tells her about the action he did will help the get rid of their fear of Banquo. And Macbeth says, “With thy bloody and invisible hand/ cancel and tear to pieces that great bond/ which keeps me pale!” In the third ACT macbeth decided that if Banquo’s son is still alive, then it can risk the possibility of him to become the king. So he decided to kill him. So Macbeth continues to set up arrangements to kill Banquo son. When Macbeth finally made her arrangements to kill Banquo son, Banquo starts to suspect Macbeth of killing King Duncan. Banquo’s suspection soon made it to Macbeth, so she had decided to kill Banquo and his son. Macbeth failed to kill Banquo’s son.
In ACT four, Macbeth talks to the witches about his future. As the Macbeth talk to the witches, the second witches say, “Cool it with the baboon’s blood, then the charm if firm and good.” The witches continue to make the spell so that they can help macbeth secure the spot as the king. While the witches were showing macbeth there prediction, that when he found out that his king spot could be taken by macduff. When Macbeth
Based on the text it states, “And, on thy blade and dudgeon, gouts of blood, Which was not so before. There’s no such thing. It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes. Now o’er the one-half world Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse…..I have done the deed.” This illustrates that Macbeth went through with the plan his wife cameup with. He killed King Duncan so he could become King. His ambition caused him to take part and do a bad action such as killing Duncan. The killing and wrong doings don't stop there however. Macbeth’s ambition pushes him to the limit. Macbeth then kills his close friend Banquo and attempted to kill Banquo’s son, based on fears that Banquo’s son will become king. Macbeth brings forth murderers and states, “ Know That it was he, in the times past, which held you So under fortune, which you thought had been Our innocent self…. So is he mine, and in such bloody distance That every minute of his being thrusts Against my near’st of life. And though I could With barefaced power sweep him from my sight.” Macbeth deceives the Murderers and tells them that Banquo is to blame for their misfortune. He then convinces them that Banquo is the enemy and he must be killed. Macbeth also tells them, “The moment on ’t, for ’t must be done tonight….Fleance, his son, that keeps
Later in the play Banquo starts to have a bad feeling about Macbeth. "Thou hast it now: King, Cowdor, Glamis, all,/ as the weird women promised, and I fear/ thou play'dst most foully for `t." III i 1-3, this is a quote from Banquo explaining how he feels about Macbeth's predictions coming true. Macbeth realizes this about Banquo and he starts to have feelings about killing Banquo. This isn't the only reason he feels this way, the witches had also made predictions for Banquo. "Thou shall get kings, though thou be none." I iii 67, Macbeth doesn't want any of Banquo's family to rule Scotland; he wants his own family to continue to rule. Macbeth hires two murderers to kill Banquo and his on Fleance. The murderers end up killing Banquo, but Fleance gets away.
In reality the blood should have wash off of his hands relatively easily, but this blood also represents the guilt he feels, which will never go away.(TS) Macbeth knew that murdering Duncan was immoral, but with some persuasion from Lady Macbeth, he decided to go through with it. After having his best friend, Banquo, murdered, Macbeth attends a celebration of him becoming King. At this celebration, Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo sitting at the table. Although the ghost looks like Banquo, it represents his guilt.(TS) He yells at the ghost to, “Take any shape but that,” (Shakespeare 3.4.102) of his best friend, because the guilt he feels makes his “firm nerves,” tremble (Shakespeare 3.4.102).
Will all great Neptune?s ocean wash this blood/clean from my hand? Macbeth cries after he has killed Duncan, even as his wife scolds him and says that a little water will do the job (II.ii.58?59). Later, though, she comes to share his horrified sense of being stained:?Out, damned spot, out, I say. . . who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? she asks as she wanders through the halls of their castle near the close of the play (V.i.30?34).
After murdering Duncan, Macbeth feels that he needs to kill Banquo. He is afraid that Banquo is going to be a problem for him. He is suspicious that Banquo believes Macbeth had something to do with Duncan's murder, "Our fears in Banquo/ Stick deep; and in his royalty of nature/ Reigns that which would be feared" (3.1.47-49). He plans to kill him, though Banquo has made no direct threat against Macbeth. He speaks of feeling inferior to Banquo, even though he is king. "There is none but he/ Whose being I do fear; and under him/ My genius is rebuked" (3.1.53-55). Banquo is Macbeth's closest friend, he is starting to lose trust in everyone around him.
Macbeth voices this hallucination when he states, "I see thee still, and on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, which was not so before" (Macbeth 2.1.46-48). The false appearance of blood on Macbeth's dagger asserts his hesitancy to murder Duncan. In this case, blood symbolizes the possible guilt of Macbeth upon the murder of Duncan. Immediately following the murder of Duncan, Macbeth uses the symbol of blood to assert the magnitude of his crime. Macbeth conveys immediate concern when he states, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?...
Previously in Macbeth, Macbeth arranged the murder of his best friend Banquo and Banquo’s son Florence. Macbeth does not want to do the killing himself so he hires to hit men to do the deed for him. Although the two men were successful in killing Banquo Florence escapes. This is a major problem to Macbeth considering Banquo’s prophecy included his sons being up next for the throne. That night Lady Macbeth and Macbeth host a dinner party. During dinner Macbeth starts to go mad and sees Banquo’s ghost at dinner. Lady Macbeth makes up excuses for Macbeth’s actions. Meanwhile Macduff and Malcolm are building up an army to fight against Macbeth in England. In Macbeth act four, scene two, significantly enough all of the previous themes of the story
In Macbeth, blood is an imagery symbol used to represent loss of innocence caused by Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s vile deeds. Macbeth struggles in the play with his loss of innocence. His dynamic character type changes in the play from honorable to evil. In the beginning of the tragedy, he simply cannot grasp hold of the thought of killing his own cousin.
Blood is a biological essential to human survival and health, making it a valuable symbol all through literature and even religion. In William Shakespeare's tragic play, Macbeth, the imagery of blood is repeated throughout the text as a strong representation of life, strength, death, impurity, and guilt. It is specifically used as a metaphor in this tragedy to help readers, or audience members, understand the unavoidable feelings of guilt Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are experiencing after committing sinful acts of murder in their power-hungry quest for power.
Having been named King, Macbeth thinks about what the witches had said about Banquo fathering kings, as he has just been bestowed with the honour is does wish to give it up. So in consultation with two murderers Macbeth decides it is in his best interests for Banquo and his son to be killed. In Act 3, Scene 3 Banquo is killed but his son
Blood is mentioned throughout the play and mainly in reference to murder or treason. The first reference to blood is in MacBeth's soliloquy in Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 33-61, when Macbeth sees the bloody dagger floating in the air before him. Also in this soliloquy on line 46 he sees "on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood", this means that there is blood on the handle and spots of blood on the handle. This is implying that the dagger was viciously and maliciously used on someone. Shakespeare most likely put this in as premonition of murder and death to come later in the story.
MacBeth’s soliloquy in Act 2 scene 1 gives the reader a description of how Duncan will be murdered. "I see thee still, and on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, which was not so before." MacBeth is talking about what he will see when he will have murdered Duncan. The image given is a sharp dagger covered in thick blood from the tip to the dudgeon. Dudgeon is the tilt of the dagger. You can just imagine how deep the wounds of Duncan are, how Duncan’s body will resemble after multiple stabs, his blood emerging from his body.
After the first murder scene, when Macbeth stabs King Duncan in his sleep, he encounters a great deal of guilt towards the murder. This is shown by a quote from Macbeth, "With all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas in carnadine, making the green one red", at this point in the play, blood is resembled mostly by guilt. What Macbeth is really saying is that not even the entire ocean could wash his hands clean of blood from this dirty deed he had committed. He feels that what he had done was so wrong and shameful there is not a way in the world to hide it, the ocean is an excellent way to portray this. After the discovery of Duncan’s murder in the third scene, Macbeth exaggerates the king’s wounds," His silver skin lac’d with his golden blood, and gash’d stabs look’d like a breach in nature..." Macbeth most likely said this to drive away any thought of him being the murderer. The word "golden" resembles the King’s blood, referring to his social status not only as a King, but as a well liked member of society. The word “blood,” produces a dreadful description of the king’s murder which aids the audience in picturing this horrific murder scene.
Macbeth recognizes that the only way to be safe as king is to kill Banquo. Macbeth views Banquo as a threat and as barrier for his long lasting legacy as king: “He hath wisdom that doth guide his valour/To act in safety.” (3.1.53-54). Shakespeare’s use of personification delivers a view of Banquo’s bravery that is controlled by his wisdom. Macbeth fears that Banquo’s blood is going to rule Scotland for the next generations to come.
He dramatizes the play by using the word blood in certain phrases so the person can create an image in their mind. Shakespeare closes it all off in the final phase of death by issuing it to Macbeth. William Shakespeare’s use of the word “blood” in the Tragedy of Macbeth