Macbeth - Blood In Macbeth

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even outnumbered "carv’d out his passage." This valiant story with the bloody sergeant being weak from his war injuries enhances Macbeth’s heroic appearance. Duncan’s response to the story shows his respect for Macbeth and realization of Macbeth’s honor, "O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!" Blood as it shows the good also shares the evil.
Lady Macbeth portrays the evil side that blood offers to contrast with the good. Lady Macbeth hears from a messenger that the king shall arrive at the castle tonight. Lady Macbeth is the evil one of the pair while Macbeth seems full of good in this world Lady Macbeth sees opportunity. The only problem she finds wrong with herself is that she is a woman; she wishes that her weak female body change, "unsex me her, / and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full/ of direst cruelty!" With this change she wants her blood to become thick, thick blood would help Lady Macbeth become strong and let her kill without regret, "make thick my blood, / ...

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filled within her and a little blood does not tamper with her emotions. After she smears the guards with the king’s blood, she returns to her husband proclaiming him as a coward. She tells her husband that her hands are exactly the same color as his but she is shamed that he has a "white" coward heart, "My hands are of your colour but I shame/ To wear a heart so white." She tells her husband that, "A little water clears us of this deed," and not to worry about anything. The morning after Duncan’s death shows many emotions showed through the word "blood."

The thanes continue to mourn over the death of Duncan the day after looking for suspects. Ross, a thane, observes the situation, it is ...

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