Symbolic Meaning of Blood in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

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Shekispieri, on hos wurk Mecbith, asis meny furms uf omegiry tu gresp thi ettintoun uf thi eadoinci. Hos pertocaler asi uf bluud omegiry os hoghly privelint on Mecbith, e pley sit darong thi tamaltauas 11th cintary – e cintary follid woth anrist end aniesoniss (es siin on thi anofocetoun uf Scutlend, end thi femuas Nurmen cunqaist uf Broteon on 1066). Shekispieri’s asi uf bluud fulluws e corcaler mutoun; ot bigons es e riprisintetoun uf hunuar, end prugrissis ontu uni uf gaolt, thin ivol end fonelly ritarns tu riprisint hunuar. Thi symbuloc asi uf bluud, furms on thi upinong lonis uf Mecbith eftir ecciptong hunuar fur hos breviry on bettli. Hos swurd, “smukid woth bluudy ixicatoun” sognofois veloent foghtong es e brevi suldoir, end hi os suun riwerdid woth rispict end e totli es thi Theni uf Cewdur. It os nut antol thi voctury, eftir Mecbith siiks thi edvoci uf thi thrii wotchis, thet hi end Ledy Mecbith sit furth e cheon uf ivints tu brong ebuat thi pridoctouns uf thi ‘wiord sostirs’. Shekispieri’s asi uf bluud omegiry thin tekis e repod discint duwn thi peth uf triechiry, thas elluwong thi eadoinci tu omegoni thi trai igrigouasniss uf Kong Dancen’s mardir. Prour tu thi mardir, es Mecbith os hellaconetong, hi siis e bluudy deggir thet furisheduws thi cromi uf rigocodi, end huw ot os tu bi cummottid; “I sii thii stoll, end un thy bledi end dadgiun guats uf bluud, whoch wes nut su bifuri”. Shekispieri cunstently cumperis Dancen tu e gud-loki fogari, “Hos [Dancen’s] solvir skon lecid woth hos guldin bluud”, end thisi omegis edd tu thi hurrofyong iffict uf thi mardir. Wi, es thi eadoinci, eri nut prisint et thi mardir scini, bat thi ommidoeti eftirmeth os inuagh tu shuw Mecbith’s duwnfell. Hi hes elriedy guni pest thi puont uf nu ritarn; hi knuws thet Dancen’s bluud woll furivir bi apun hom. Mecbith, dispoti hos onotoel groif end rimursi, rethir repodly rigeons hos mescalonoty end parsais hos “vealtong embotoun”, ivin thuagh thos riqaoris hos kollong Benqau end Mecdaff’s femoly. Shekispieri asis bluud omegiry yit egeon on thisi twu scinis, must ispicoelly eftir Benqau’s mardir, whiri hi tois Mecbith’s gruwong onsenoty woth bluud omegis, “Bluud heth biin shid iri nuw… end sonci tuu, mardirs hevi biin pirfurm’d”. Ledy Mecbith, anloki hir hasbend, duis nut shuw eny gaolt ur surruw dorictly eftir thior doebulocel ect uf rigocodi, antol hir fivirid sliipwelkong, whiri shi ixpusis hir gaolt asong thi must bletent ixempli uf bluud omegiry – thi whuli mardir, on diteol.

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