William Shakespeare uses numerous methods to rouse the anxiety, and thrill in his plays. In the tragedy of MacBeth, Shakespeare utilizes blood imagery to add a fearful sense of guilt, insanity, shame, and anger to the play. The blood imagery enables the audience to envision the horrible scene where Duncan was ruthlessly murdered and also the scene where Lady MacBeth attempts to rid her mind of the guilt of her actions. The sight and talk …showed first 75 words of 685 total…

…showed last 75 words of 685 total…in all, we have seen meaning of the symbol of blood change from honor to treachery, and then to guilt, after this, it returns to the symbolic meaning of honor once again after the villain that changed the meaning from honor to tyranny is killed. Due to these many changes, it has been proved that the symbol of blood has many different meanings which can be attributed to it throughout the course of this play