Themes of Macbeth
One of the themes in The Tragedy of Macbeth is that of blood. Macbeth is known for his skills as a warrior and his mercilessness that is shown in his killing of MacDonwald, this warrior mentality spreads though into his life and Macbeth begins to make killing a habit. When he is told in a prophecy that he shall be king, Macbeth takes it upon himself to murder, Duncan, king of Scotland, after this murder though he has visions of blood on his hands, blood nothing could remove. As Macbeth becomes more and more ambitious, he also begins to kill more people to get what he wants, more power. The theme of blood is shown throughout the play and it is a problem that Macbeth finds harder and harder to rid himself of after each killing. At the beginning of the play Macbeth is an esteemed member of the army, probably the greatest fighter in all of Scotland. A rebellious tribe led by MacDonwald was defeating the Scots, until Macbeth "single-handedly" defeated the rebels and "unseamed him (MacDonwald) from the nave to th' chops" (Shakespeare 279). This battle gave Macbeth great respect among his peers and even the king himself. Macbeth's savagery at this point in the play was less than at any other time. His barbari
This made Macbeth think of the prophecy and his chance to be king! The desire for power began to consume Macbeth and his wife, and this ambition caused all of the bloody events that were to follow. In the next scene, that of a banquet that was to honor Banquo, Macbeth sees his friends ghost. They plotted to hurry Macbeth's reign by killing Duncan themselves. She felt a lot of guilt on her heart. Macbeth brutally stabs the king twice, killing him. He goes on to tell Macduff that he feels no pain in killing him because the guilt of his soul is already stained with his blood, for he had ordered his family to be killed. So if Macbeth's soul was stained with blood, it was clear how his lifeended. The blood that stained Macbeth reminded him of all the wrongdoing he had done. On his way home from the war, 3 witches give him predictions of his future. A paranoia that actually leads to all the rest of his murders including that of the chamberlains. Macbeth's ambition and power has caused him to develop a grave sense of paranoia. Macbeth's ambition causes him to do many things he would not otherwise have done, a fault many of us have; he just took it to the extreme. All these quotes lead back to the theme of bloodiness.
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