Powerful images heighten our experience of the play “Macbeth”
Powerful images heighten our experience of the play “Macbeth”
It is said that writer’s imagery reveals their own idiosyncrasies*. Shakespeare reveals the inner most thoughts of Macbeth with the use of striking imagery. Writers naturally tend to draw attention to things they know best or think most about .Macbeths thoughts are betrayed in the play and they reveal his character and his intensions. There are many forms of imagery in the play “Macbeth” such as blood, clothing, sleep, and darkness. These images help us to understand Macbeth more and to study him in more depth.
Blood is a reoccurring image in Macbeth; it represents the violence and the cruelty of the play. Shakespeare uses blood to represent the guilt of sorrow in the play. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth make many references towards blood in different contexts.
Lady Macbeth makes two different points about blood; the first being when she was being dismissive about the impact of the murder of King Duncan and tries to put on a brave face about the whole situation;
“Go get some water
And wash this filthy witness from your hand” (II, II, 45-46) However as the play progresses , we learn that Lady Macbeth no longer is brave and courageous as previously thought .She is traumatised by the death of Duncan and the guilt is coming over her ;
“
Yet here’s a spot;
Who would have thought the Old man to have had so much Blood in him”
From previous time’s lady Macbeth was the strong one out of the pair, but no that Macbeth is overpowering her and isolating her, she is no longer able to deal with the guilt
“What! Will these hands ne’er be clean?
This is significant because it shows the irony in the play of how she was dismissive before and now she is the one conflicted.
Is also shows how Lady Macbeth, although she seemed a strong and heartless person, felt an enormous amount of guilt for her participation in the murder of Duncan; her false appearance.
Macbeth also makes many references to
It is said that writer’s imagery reveals their own idiosyncrasies*. Shakespeare reveals the inner most thoughts of Macbeth with the use of striking imagery. Writers naturally tend to draw attention to things they know best or think most about .Macbeths thoughts are betrayed in the play and they reveal his character and his intensions. There are many forms of imagery in the play “Macbeth” such as blood, clothing, sleep, and darkness. These images help us to understand Macbeth more and to study him in more depth.
Blood is a reoccurring image in Macbeth; it represents the violence and the cruelty of the play. Shakespeare uses blood to represent the guilt of sorrow in the play. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth make many references towards blood in different contexts.
Lady Macbeth makes two different points about blood; the first being when she was being dismissive about the impact of the murder of King Duncan and tries to put on a brave face about the whole situation;
“Go get some water
And wash this filthy witness from your hand” (II, II, 45-46) However as the play progresses , we learn that Lady Macbeth no longer is brave and courageous as previously thought .She is traumatised by the death of Duncan and the guilt is coming over her ;
“
Yet here’s a spot;
Who would have thought the Old man to have had so much Blood in him”
From previous time’s lady Macbeth was the strong one out of the pair, but no that Macbeth is overpowering her and isolating her, she is no longer able to deal with the guilt
“What! Will these hands ne’er be clean?
This is significant because it shows the irony in the play of how she was dismissive before and now she is the one conflicted.
Is also shows how Lady Macbeth, although she seemed a strong and heartless person, felt an enormous amount of guilt for her participation in the murder of Duncan; her false appearance.
Macbeth also makes many references to