The Fall Of Macbeth

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“This means that Macbeth is always dressed in tittles that are not his.”

New honours come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould,
But with the aid of use.
(Banquo,1.3,144, p.14)

“This means that the idea constantly recurs that Macbeth’s new honours sit ill upon him, like a loose and badly fitting garment, belonging to someone else.”

Similarly, Shakespeare uses the symbol of blood in Macbeth to represent treason, guilt, murder and death. The first time we see blood in the play is when Macbeth sees the bloody dagger floating in the air in front of him. Shakespeare used this image to foreshadow what is going to happen next.

Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come let me clutch thee.
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.
Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as sight? Or art thou but
A dagger of mind, a false creation,
Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
I see thee yet, ...

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