The blood on Macbeth's hands symbolizes the guilt he feels for murdering Duncan ... in a delirium trying to wash out an invisible bloodstain, a symbol of her guilt.

Once Macbeth and Lady Macbeth embark upon their murderous journey, blood comes to symbolize their guilt, and they begin to feel that their crimes have ...

Most great works of literature seem to include some degree of symbolism. Accordingly, Shakespeare's Macbeth exhibits a great deal of symbolism. One heavily ...

Shakespeare's Macbeth exhibits a great deal of symbolism. One heavily used symbol is that of blood. In Macbeth, blood symbolizes murder and guilt, and ...

The constant presence of blood in Macbeth repeatedly reminds the audience about how serious the consequences of the characters actions are. But almost ...

Blood represents life, death and often injury. It is an essential part of life, and without blood, we could not live. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the symbol of blood ...

Blood is always closely linked to violence, but over the course of Macbeth blood comes to symbolize something else: guilt. Death and killing happen in an instant  ...

Blood is a symbol that appears throughout the play and is present during many important scenes. Shakespeare uses the image of blood to illustrate changes in ...

In the culmination of the play, blood symbolizes the irreconcilable guilt that will haunt the Macbeths for the duration of their lives. Blood's ubiquitous symbolism ...

The first reference of blood is one of honor, and occurs when Duncan sees the injured sergeant and says “What bloody man is that?”. This is symbolic of the ...