Imaginary Blood In Macbeth

Blood is known as the fluid circulates in the principle vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, also it has another denotation of the vital principle and life. In Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, literal blood drips from nearly every page as it appears 41 times throughout the whole play in order to explore further meaning of it. Macbeth, the main character in the book spends half of his life on suspecting, murdering in order to maintain the throne and power. His extreme ambition takes him to the high status and also kills him in the end. Along with the slight happiness of being the new king, the guilt and sin grows rapidly in his mind and even drives him crazy. What's more, the imaginary blood also shows how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both lose a grasp on reality, as Lady Macbeth cannot get the imagined blood off her

A bit later in the scene, just as Macbeth is talking about how much he wishes that Banquo were at the banquet, Banquo's Ghost enters. Macbeth says to the ghost, "Thou canst not say I did it: never shake / Thy gory locks at me" (3.4.49-50). The ghost's gory locks are the locks of his hair, covered with clotted blood. After the ghost has gone, Macbeth tells himself that it's not his fault that the ghost showed up. Macbeth knows that this supernatural ghost have "brought forth, the secret'st man of blood" (3.4.124-125). This reveals that Macbeth himself is a secret man of blood, correspond to that bloody Ghost confronting him. His guilt is almost brought forth in front of his guests, although his trying to hide his internal disturbance and sin. Also the blood on the ghost symbolises the evil murder done by Macbeth himself, which take him a step forward to the outcome of being destroyed by sins. While, Lady Macbeth’s sin and guilty have a different effect on her as making her sick and