concluded that Shakespeare portraysdarkness to establish evil parts in Macbeth; whereas we emplodaylight to define victory or goodness in the play.It is known that blood naturally represent life, death and ofteninjury. Blood is an essential part of life and without it no one couldsurvive. This is knows to everyone, and because of this Shakespeareuses the imagery of blood to represent treason, guilt, murder anddeath. Shakespeare mentions the word blood, or different forms of itoften in the play. Forty-two time to be exact (ironically, the word fearis used the same amount of times.), with several other passagesdealing with imagery.4 Perhaps the best way to describe how theimage blood chandes throughout the play is by following the changeof character in Macbeth. Beginning with Macbeth as a brave honoredsoldier, but as the play goes on he becomes familiar with death andbloodshed, alon with showing his guilt in varied forms.The First unfortunate reference to blood is one of honor, showedin Act I scene ii. This occurs when Duncan sees the injured sergeantand says, What bloddy man is that?. This is symbolic of the bravehonored soldier who had been injured in a battle for his country. Inthe nevt passage, in which the sergeant replies Which smokd withbloody execution, he is referring to Macbeths braveness in which hecover his sword in the hot blood of the enemy.In Act II scene ii, the symbol of blood now changes to show aform of treachery and treason. Lady Macbeth starts this off when sheasks the spirits to Make thick my blood. When she is saying by this, is that she wants to make herself insensitive and remorseless for theevil deeds that she is about to commit. Lady Macbeth knows that theevidence of blood is a trecherous symbol, and knows it will deflect theguilt from her and her husband to the servants when she says;Smear the sleepy groooms withe blood., and If he do bleed, Ill gildthe faces of the grooms withal, for it must see...
