Sunday, July 19, 2015

What are 5 good quotes from Macbeth that describe blood imageryI need 5 good quotes to describe how Macbeth feels his guilt and refers to it as...

Blood imagery is rather prevalent in Macbeth's tale of
greed and treachery.  Here are passages that illustrate Macbeth's guilt and provide
imagery: 


(2.1.52-55 ) -


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Mine eyes are made the fools of the other
senses


Or else worth all the rest.  I see thee
still;


And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of
blood,



Here Macbeth senses
the dastardly deed he is about to commit, and he worries that Duncan may hear him. 
Macbeth imagines that he sees Duncan, but he realizes that his guilt is working on him,
creating fear in his heart as he prepares for his bloody
act.


(2.2.60-63)


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Why did you bring these daggers from the
place?


They must lie there:  go carry them, and
smear


The sleepy grooms with
blood.



When Macbeth returns
from having slain Duncan with the bloody daggers, Lady Macbeth instructs him to return
with them and smear the blood on the guards of the slain
king.


(2.2. 76-81)


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What hands are here?  Ha! They pluck out my
eyes!


Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this
blood


Clean from my hand?  No; this my hand will
rather


The multitudinous seas
incarnadine,


Making the green one
red. 



After slaying Duncan,
Macbeth is shaken and feels his guilt at murdering the king, envisioning his deed as one
that drips blood that will become
noticeable.


(3.4.91-97) 


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Blood hath been shed ere now.  i' th' olden
time,


Ere humane statute purged the gentle
weal;


Ay, and since too, murders have been
performed


Too terrible for the ear.  The times has
been


That, when the brains were out, the man would
die,


And there an end; but now they rise
again,


With twenty mortal murders on their
crowns...



Macbeth remarks
that murders have been committed before, but now ghosts appear to disturb him.  This
ghost frightens him more than the
murder.


(3.4.122-125) 


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It will have blood, they say:  blood will have
blood


Stones have been known to move and trees to
speak;


Augures and understood relations
have


By maggot-pies and coughs and rooks brought
forth


The secre'st man of blood.  What is the
night?



In this passage,
Macbeth anticipates his having to pay for his crimes.

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