She wrings and washes her hands continually. She begs to know, will these hands never be clean? Heres the smell of blood still. All of the perfumes of Arabia could not sweeten this little hand. She now needs to conceal the smell of the blood as well as the stains. Her subconscious feelings of guilt consume her whole being. Macbeths guilt came soon after his slaughter of King Duncan, yet soon slips into his sub consciousness, and taken over by his quest for ambition and power. Nothing was to stand in his way. It drove him continually. Even the death of Lady Macbeth did not spur any feelings of true remorse. Macbeths guilt only seen once more at the end of the play/ Macbeth has Macduff, but lets him go. His guilt now becomes Macbeths dominat feeling and reveals itself to the audience in his lines But get thee too much charged/With blood of thine already.Shakespeare brings is use of blood imagery full circle. He ends his tale with the same symbolic representation of blood as he used in the very beginning of his darkest of tragedies. As previously stated, Macbeth stands first brandishing a sword covered in the blood of one of King Duncans enemies. He emerges victorious from a battle fought in king Duncans name. This enemys blood represented Macbeths victory in the battlefield. It brings him honor and titles of importance. King Duncan willingly bestowed these rewards upon Brave Macbeth. He earned the name, just as Macduff does at the end. Macduff brings down King Duncans murderer as supporters proclaim him a hero. Macduff earns personal recognition and honor through killing Macbeth, thus putting an end to Macbeths treacherous ambitions. Macduffs bloody sword represents the honor he earned in victory. Imagery should evoke all senses in the audience or reader. It is for this reason that William Shakespeare used blood imagery in the tragedy of Macbeth. He used few words to tell the historical tale of a Scottish king an...
