Bloods Importance In Macbeth

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Then Macbeth says to the dagger “I see thee still, /And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of
blood, / Which was not so before” (320). However, Macbeth didn’t lose it all yet and he says, "There's no such thing. / It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes” (320). The bloody business he is referring to is the murder he is about to commit. At this point in the play Macbeth seems to be losing his mind. After Macbeth kills Duncan he goes back to his wife and is still holding the dagger. She then takes the dagger and plants in on Duncan’s gourds. Macbeth just stands there and stares at his hands. "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?” (323), he then answers and declares "No, this my hand will rather / The multitudinous seas incarnadine, / Making the green one red" (323). As to say that the blood on his hands will turn a green ocean red. In contrast, his wife thinks his obsession with blood ...

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incidents of blood in Macbeth.
In the article by Internet Source 1, the author tells us how Duncan’s blood has no effect on Lady Macbeth and that she is pour evil. “While Macbeth has horrifying visions, Lady Macbeth seems cool and literal minded. To her, Duncan's blood is just something to
be washed off her hands. Worrying over things you cannot alter is a waste of time, she says” (Internet Source 1). The site of Duncan’s blood on Macbeth’s hands has turned him crazy. Unlike Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is unaffected by the blood at this point in the play, to her it is something that can just be washed away. The blood that Macbeth sees is driving him ...

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