Examples Of Imagery In Macbeth

Like the literal blood on Macbeth’s hands, Lady Macbeth thought the “blood” on her hands would never come off. This unrelenting feeling of guilt eventually led to her destruction, as in act five she was found in her room having committed

Lady Macbeth’s strength of will persists through the murder of King Duncan as it is she who tries to calm Macbeth after committing the crime by declaring confidently that, “a little water clears us of this deed,” (2.2.67). Afterward, however, Lady Macbeth’s strong and ambitious character begins to deteriorate into madness. Her first sign of weakness occurred when she confessed that she could not have killed the king, revealing a natural woman’s feelings, “had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done’t” (2.2.13-14). Just as ambition has affected her before more so then Macbeth before the crime, the guilt plagues her now more effectively afterward as she desperately tried to wash away the invisible blood from her sin, “Here’s the smell of the blood still: all the perfume of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand,” (5.1.48-49). Lady Macbeth’s

Macbeth is confused as he is arguing with himself on what he should do. He states reasons not to kill Duncan, because Macbeth is his noble kinsmen and the act would bring dishonor. However, he also states reason why he should kill him, because Macbeth will then become king and fulfill the witches ' fortune. Lady Macbeth, who appears in the beginning as the driving force for the murder of King Duncan, also develops internal conflict. At first, Lady Macbeth seems to be a woman of extreme confidence and will. But, as situations become more and more unstable in the play, guilt develops inside her. For instance, she exclaims; "Wash your hands. Put on your nightgown. / Look not so pale. I tell you again, Banquo 's / Burried; he cannot come out on 's grave" (Shakespeare V, ii, 65-67). Lady Macbeth sleepwalks and frets about her evil wrongdoings because she is extremely guilty of her influence on Macbeth to commit the murder. Lady Macbeth reacts emotionally and dwells on her actions as guilt eats at her soul.

Throughout Macbeth, Shakespeare uses blood imagery to develop a foil between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. In the play, blood symbolizes the guilt that the characters have. After the murder of King Duncan, Macbeth says, “Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather/ The multitudinous seas in incarnadine,/ Making the green one red¨ (2.2).

This quote shows how as with Macbeth and Neptune’s ocean Lady Macbeth and all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten the rotten smell of blood she can envision on her hand. She reveals feeling guilty and wrong for the act she helped commit when she is caught sleepwalking. This manipulates the reader’s response because Lady Macbeth showed no remorse or feeling when she was pressuring her husband to kill Duncan. This teaches us that in today's society it is bad to keep things bottled up inside of you and not expressing how you feel about something you have

Macbeth’s line about blood from the beginning of the play is paralleled near the end of the play when Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking. She is clearly in distress, as she has been sleeping with lights on and is carrying a candle. Like Macbeth does after the murder, she sees blood on her hands when there is no physical blood there, only the guilt which she cannot escape from, however tough she is pretending to be. Shakespeare uses the same imagery of blood as Macbeth dealt with near the start to show Lady Macbeth’s character is changed. She says; “Here’s the smell of blood still: all the / perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.” (5.1. 46-47)This shows her descent into guilt and her change in character by parallelling Macbeth’s earlier line about Neptune’s oceans being unable to wash the blood from his hands. Lady Macbeth realizes her guilt and her role in turning Macbeth into the tyrant he is by the end of the play. In the end, the only way she can escape the guilt is by committing suicide. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary

‘Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, Oh, Oh!!’

Act 2 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth introduces two different reactions from two of the main characters’ bloody hands, a symbolism of guilt. The tragic hero, Macbeth, feels remorse and shame, would rather become blind than look at his hands and is so overcome by fear that he believes not even washing his bloody hands will eliminate the evidence of his wrong doing. On the contrary, Lady Macbeth mocks her husband, presents herself as an impure woman who is stronger than her male partner and believes that water clears her and Macbeth of any wrongdoing.

She convinces Macbeth to murder Duncan, but soon becomes mad with the guilt and terror that it has brought. The fear of being caught has affected the characters

Murder does not come without consequences. It even affects those whose hands did not deal the deed. To those who commit the murder, it makes them grow ambitious and heartless but to those who only know of the murder, or had an option to stop it, it tears them completely apart. In William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, the dramatic change in Lady Macbeth’s character and how unhappy she acts with being Queen of Scotland shows how guilt stains the soul. This can also be shown though the action of taking her own life because of that overbearing weight.

The id of Macbeth, at this point in the play, is completely out of control. He no longer thinks of anything but his desires. He will get what he wants by any means necessary and will not think twice about killing people, even former friends, along the

Lady Macbeth is conscience only of her desire to gain power, and pays little attention to the consequences that are sure to follower her selfish actions. In order to control Macbeth’s guilt she says,” These deeds must not be thought. After these ways; so it will make us mad (Thomson).” She starts to put ideas in Macbeth’s head, and attempts to make him heartless about murder.

After going through with the murder with Lady Macbeth 's support and help, Macbeth starts talking about hearing people crying out 'Murder! ' in their sleep. He soon comes to the realisation that he will never be able to sleep innocently again. At the thought of this Macbeth begins to lose control but Lady Macbeth manages to keep him sane. Lady Macbeth appears as if she is in control of the situation, but she is already showing signs of weakness especially as she needed supernatural assistance and alcohol to help her get through the crime.

this quote Lady Macbeth is remembering the night of the murder. It is the guilt in her soul

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, imagery is used to set the tone of a passage, provide contrast and irony to scenes, and help to display character. Shakespeare applies the imagery of clothing, darkness, and blood in an exceptional manner to describe his play. Each one of these is an important symbol used throughout the play. They add to a complete understanding of a passage or the play as a whole.