Macbeth Fair Quotes

One of the most important themes in the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare comes from one of the last lines in Act 1, Scene 1 of the play. The three witches speak this simple line ‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair,’ shortly before they disperse and it becomes a prophecy and an underlying warning for the rest of the play. The connotations of this one line becomes significant as the play unfolds beginning even with Macbeth’s opinions at the beginning of the story and lasting throughout the play with the constant recurring themes of deception, doing evil in the name of good,

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The blood is a symbol for the guilt Macbeth feels towards his misconduct. The sight of the bloody hands are said to “pluck out” his eyes and this powerful verb suggests that is forceful, compelling and sudden. The blood serves as a revelation for Macbeth and that he is now finally aware of what a grave mistake he has made. Sequentially, Macbeth exaggerates that not even something as large as Neptune’s vast oceans can wash the blood off his hands. Even if he can wash the actual blood off his hands, no amount of water, which is a symbol for regeneration, can free him of his enormous guilt.

Throughout Macbeth, Shakespeare uses blood imagery to develop a foil between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. In the play, blood symbolizes the guilt that the characters have. After the murder of King Duncan, Macbeth says, “Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather/ The multitudinous seas in incarnadine,/ Making the green one red¨ (2.2).

In Macbeth, William Shakespeare tells a marvelous play about a humble soldier who is blinded by the temptation to be king, and does the unthinkable. With the main character Macbeth exhibiting undeniable ambition it leads him to make poor decisions, have extreme selfishness, and thus resulting in paranoia all the way up to his death. To start off Macbeth's eventful journey we begin with three witches prophesying he, the so called humble and trusted soldier will become a powerful king that no man born of women could kill. At that very moment he starts to think about killing the king because of his impatience and the poor decisions just start to flow from here on out.

(Sitting on a chair, feet up, side table beside her, playing with a knife/dagger, unaware of audience)

Throughout The Tragedy of Macbeth William Shakespeare utilizes the motif of blood, representing immoral and sinful actions and tragedizing the loss of humanity within the Macbeth family. Early in the play, after reading the letter sent by her beloved husband, Lady Macbeth says wickedly, “make thick my blood.” After hearing her husband heard prophecies from three witches, telling him he will become King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth believes that her husband does not have enough “illness” to become king. Lady Macbeth wishes the spirits upon

He stands in front of his seat looking quite ghostly and before my very eyes, he crumbles my hopes that Duncan was right about Macbeth in one phrase. He points to his chair and says, "Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake thy gory locks at me." Throughout the crowd of dinner guests there are mixed reactions to the Kings strange actions.

What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him!” (V, i, 33-37) Shakespeare suggests how committing bad acts just to benefit yourself can drive a person to insanity. The blood spots also symbolizes guilt for Lady Macbeth. The blood can never be washed away from her guilty hands.

Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself ” (Act I Scene VII).

     Despite the use of blood as a good connotation, Shakespeare uses blood to describe other connotations. In many instances, blood is what haunts Macbeth before and after the murder. “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.ii.78-81). No matter if it is a little water or a whole ocean of water, Macbeth feels that no amount of water will clean the blood off his hands. Blood used in this context is sinful and evil. With guilt, he knows that what he has done will never be undone like the blood on his hands. When hallucinating the dagger, Macbeth sees that the blade has “gouts of blood, / Which was not so before. There’s no such thing. / It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes” (II.ii.58-61). The imagery of blood on a sharp knife brings evil connotations and foreshadows the violence and goriness that is anticipated. Macbeth refers to the

Macbeth’s need for power over took him. Macbeth felt desperate for power and he is willing to do whatever it takes even if it was wrong to become the one most powerful. “The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, for in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; let not light

Blood signifies the evil and murders he has committed and will do in the future. Macbeth is too far along

Another way Hamlet’s soliloquy targets the audience is through his in-depth examination of the theme of revenge. The speech not only informs the audience of Hamlet’s desire for revenge, but also how this theme will affect the concluding scenes of the play. As the prince’s speech comes to an end, he decides that, "Oh, from this time forth,/ My thoughts be bloody, or be worth nothing! (IV. iv. 64-65). It appears his decision is certain; his revenge is imminent. However, Hamlet has questioned his own intentions

A common theme in Shakespeare’s plays is the difference between appearance and reality. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair,” the witches in Macbeth proclaim. Nothing is as it appears. This theme is carried out in Macbeth and Hamlet through all the secret plots to kill and nothing is how it appears. The theme in both Macbeth and Hamlet is treated as the characters frequently put on disguises which conceal their true intentions.