d the treachery of his reign. Using blood imagery, Shakespeare reveals the transformation of the tragedys main characters and evokes an emotional response from the audience. This imagery also intensifies the excitement in the play and enhances the treachery of the crimes. The blood in Macbeth signifies honor along with murder, treachery, and deceit, and a representation of guilt. William Shakespeare bestows honor upon Macbeth, in the beginning lines, for his sword that dripped with an enemys blood. The next use of blood represented an evil act of bloodletting by Macbeth and his lady. Guilt is the eventual destruction of the characters, which exposes itself to the audience in their reactions to the blood they have spilled. Finally, in a true Shakespearean twist, blood once again represents honor and victory at the end. This tragedy therefore ends with the same form of blood imagery as it began. However, the character that kills Shakespeares first character to gain honor through the shedding of an enemys blood wins the honor....
