Blood Imagery in Macbeth

             In Shakespeare's Macbeth a play, a man named Macbeth goes through a great transformation; Macbeth goes from being a heroic general in the king's army to an assassin and a tyrant. The theme of the play is never give into evil because it destroys no matter what the benefits are. Blood Imagery is very important in the play; it shows Macbeth's evil ambition in the beginning, middle, and end of the play.
             In the beginning of the play, blood imagery is very important. "Till he unseamed him from the nave to the chaps, and fixed his head upon our battlements"(I.ii.22-23). Macbeth has just killed the enemy and become a hero; Macbeth killed the enemy not for fame or fortune but to defend his land and people. In this next quote Macbeth's evil spirit starts to grow by completing the witches prophecy. "I go, and it is done; the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell"(II.i.62-64). Macbeth's selfish and evil desires have grown; he kills his own king in order to obtain the crown; this is no act of a heroic general but a selfish cold-hearted man. "Oh, yet I do repent me of my fury, that I did kill them"(II.iii.99-100). Macbeth slaughters these two men to conceal his actions and to remove suspicion from him; Macbeth's evil spirit is growing; he must commit more evil crimes in order to cover up his others.
             In addition to the beginnig, Blood Imagery is very important in the middle of the play. Macbeth's actions are not as direct as in the beginning; he now plans murders and hires murderers to kill for him; Macbeth kills his good friend Banquo to protect his posistion. "Oh, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! Thou mayest revenge"(III.iii.18-19). "Avaunt! And quit my sight!Let the earth hide thee! Thy bone are marrowless, thy blood is cold; thou hass no speculation in those eyes"(III.iv.93-96). Banquo's ghost haunts Macbeth, and Macbeth is unable to face it. Ma...

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