self with the forces of evil. Like her husband, the once ambitious Lady Macbeth finally realizes the significance of associating herself in the murder plot, and the severe consequences it will bring. Tormented by nightmares, she sleepwalks through her bedroom and cries, What, will these hands neer be clean?Heres the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. The blood imagery exhibits Lady Macbeths guilt over Duncans murder. Her hallucinations of blood on her hands and her constant efforts to wash it off demonstrate that the agony of having guilty feelings is causing her to go insane. In the plays final scene, Macduff confronts Macbeth to avenge the murders of his children and his wife at Macbeths hand, and to see Malcolm established as the rightful King. As Malcolm sees Macbeth, he exclaims, I have no words: My voice is in my sword, thou bloodier villain Than terms can give thee out! Shakespeare uses this blood imagery to enhance the complete transformation of Macbeth. He begins as a noble, just and brave person, to becoming evil, ambitious, and treacherous during Duncans murder, to his final feelings of remorse for his crime and finally, to the realization that he will be punished for his sins. Words can have a very powerful influence on the effectiveness of a play. Not necessarily the words used but how they are used. Shakespeare takes two words, night and blood, and uses them to turn Macbeth into the play it is, full of deception, greed, and murderous deeds....
