will neptunes ocean clean this blood from my hands

• who does macbeth refrence

  neptune the roman god of the sea. this emphasising the enormity of his guilt
• what image is used and what does it suggest

  hyperbolic image - suggests that all the water in the ocean cant cleanse him
• what does "this blood represent"

  the blood of the people he has murdered and the metophoric image of guilt
• where was blood stained hands commonly found

  religious painting
• what did tje blood stained hands represent

  sin and moral corruption