Guilt

• "Will all my great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hands?" Act 2,Scene 2

  • Blood is a symbol of guilt in play.
  • Literally Macbeth can was his blood of his hands
  • But his guilt conscience he can still see it and nothing is able to help him remove it.
• "Let the earth hide thee. Thy bones are marrowless,thy blood is cold.

  Thou hast no speculation in those eyes which thou doust glare with. Act 3, Scene 6.

  • Macbeth is horrified by Banquo's ghost and how gruesome it is
  • Reminds him of the horrible crime he has committed against his friend
  • The ghost also haunts him at his banquet.
  • It stops him from being able to enjoy his power that he used to commit these crimes.
• "Sinful Macduff, they were all struck for thee!" Act 4, Scene 3, Macduff.

  • Macduff blames himself for what happened to his family.
  • Shakespeare shows good guilt within MacDuff's character.
  • He feels genuine remorse but does not lose control like Macbeth does.
• "The thane of fife had a wife. Where is she now? What will these hand ne'er be clean." -Act 5, Scene 1,LDM.

  • Lady Macbeths madness has caused her guilt.
  • Childlike rhymes to show her broken mental state and the blood she imagines on her hand continues the theme that Macbeth began earlier of murder.
  • Thane of fife, Lady Macduff.