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The Blood Theme in MacBeth
Title: The Blood Theme in MacBeth
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 559 | Pages: 2.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Blood Theme in MacBeth
Shakespeare’s classic play MacBeth is the story of a young and ambitious noble, MacBeth and his wife, Lady MacBeth living in 11th century Scotland. When MacBeth is told by three witches that he will become King of Scotland, his mind begins to wander. He considers killing the current king, Duncan, but he soon dismisses the thought from his mind. When Lady MacBeth hears of the witch’s prophecies, she urges him to take fate …showed first 75 words of 559 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 559 total…worse. And they do when Lady MacBeth guilt grows to the point where she takes her own life.
Shakespeare uses the images of blood and death to represent guilt. It is a way of him putting a feeling into a tangible form. As the play progresses, MacBeth and Lady MacBeth come to realize that guilt is much more serious than they thought. It can control a person to the extent of having them kill themselves.
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