Essay About Great Neptunes Ocean Wash And Imagery Of Blood

The Imagery of Blood in Macbeth
Essay title: The Imagery of Blood in Macbeth
Imagery Of Blood MacBeth, the dramatic play written by William
Shakespeare has many good examples of imagery, especially blood. The play
opens with the weird sisters talking about meeting again and talking about
MacBeth. A war has just ended, making MacBeth a Brave hero because he is
the general of the Scottish army and they won. MacBeth is the thane of
Glamis, and then becomes the Thane of Cawdor. The weird sisters make
many predictions to Macbeth, all of which come true. MacBeth makes the last
prediction come true by killing King Duncan. The imagery of blood is very
important in MacBeth. It symbolizes honor and bravery and also deceit and
evil. In the beginning of the play blood is something of honor and bravery and
symbolizes good and victory. The blood on MacBeths sword after the war
shows him to be a brave hero because of the enemy he killed. He is known as
“Brave MacBeth” to everyone including King Duncan. His bravery earns him
the title of Thane of Cawdor, because the thane of Cawdor was executed for
treason. The blood at the beginning of the play earns MacBeth respect and a
title. MacBeth is feeling very guilty about the murder of King Duncan and
Banquo. ” With all great Neptunes ocean wash this blood clean from my
hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas in carnadine, making
the green one red”, shows the great guilt that blood represents at this point in
the play. What MacBeth means is that with all of the water in the ocean could
not wash his hands clean from the deed he has just done. If he where to try
and wash his hands in the ocean it would turn it red because there is so much
blood on his hands. Not only does MacBeth feel guilty about the Murder of
King Duncan but he also feels very guilty about the murder of Banquo. He
sees Banquos ghost and his bloody head. Blood represents a lot of guilt for