Macbeth: The Symbol Of Blood

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symbol of blood now changes
to show a theme of treachery and treason. Lady Macbeth starts this off
when she asks the spirits to "make thick my blood,". What she is saying by
this, is that she wants to make herself insensitive and remorseless for the
deeds which she is about to commit. Lady Macbeth knows that the evidence
of blood is a treacherous symbol, and knows it will deflect the guilt from
her and Macbeth to the servants when she says "smear the sleepy grooms with
blood.", and "If he do bleed, I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, for
it must seem their guilt." When Banquo states "and question this most
bloody piece of work," and Ross says "is't known who did this more than
bloody deed?", they are both inquiring as to who performed the treacherous
acts upon Duncan. When Macbeth is speaking about Malcolm and Donalbain, he
refers to them as "bloody cousins"

A final way, and perhaps the most vivid use of the symbol blood, is
of the theme of guilt. First Macbeth ...

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