Part one of term paper
Images of blood and water occur frequently throughout William Shakespeares , the significance of which should not be overlooked. Shakespeare uses these images to portray the horror of the central action, Duncan’s murder. The vibrant images of blood and water also symbolize the unending guilt of the two protagonists, and Lady . The blood an ...

Part two of term paper
... and clear their consciences. Duncan's blood on and Lady ’s hands is symbolic of the evil crime that they had committed. The blood on their hands is also representative of the guilt, which could not be escaped. "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.” (II, iii, 61) Illustrates how no amount of water could clean ’s guilty conscience. He imagines that all of the water from th ...