Macbeth: The Symbol Of Blood
Beginning of paper
I am going to prove that in the play Macbeth, a symbol of blood is
portrayed often(and with different meanings), and that it is a symbol that
is developed until it is the dominating theme of the play towards the end
of it.
To begin with, I found the word "blood", or different forms of it
forty ....
Middle of paper
.... in which the sergeant says "Which smok'd
with bloody execution", he is referring to Macbeth's braveness in which his
sword is covered in the hot blood of the enemy.
After these few references to honour, the symbol of blood now changes
to show a theme of treachery and treason. Lady Macbeth starts this off
when she asks the spirits to "make thick my blood,". What she is saying by
this, is that she wants to make herself insensitive and remorseless for the
deeds which she is about to c ....
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