Blood is both the giver of life and the mark of death, and it connects people in several different ways. In “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, various motifs are expressed throughout the play. Some of these motifs are blood, ambition, and guilt, and they each represent a different conflict or downfall of a certain character. Shakespeare uses the imagery and motif of blood to connect to the victims, common ancestry, guilt, and ambition in the play “Macbeth”. Macbeth’s victims had a common ancestry in the play “Macbeth”. Macbeth first targets the king of Scotland, and throughout the play, murders anyone close to him or of any threat to him. When he finds out that the king’s sons have fled Scotland, Macbeth says, “We hear, our bloody cousins are bestow’d their …show more content…
This also shows that Macbeth is willing to kill anyone who tries to overthrow him because he is paranoid about the witches’ prophecy that he will be king. Shakespeare continues the idea of blood when the murderers kill Banquo and Macbeth learns that Fleance escaped. Macbeth is furious when he says, “Then comes my fit again; I had else been perfect” (Act III, Scene iv. Lines 24-25 -. This displays Macbeth’s paranoia because the witches’ prophecy said that Banquo’s son would be king one day. His violent approach to the issue is evident: that Macbeth was willing to secure his place on the throne no matter what. When Macduff is shown to be a traitor to Schotland after he flees to England, Macbeth sends murderers to kill his family. Macbeth says, “The castle of Macduff I will surprise; seize upon Fife; give to the edge o’ the sword his wife, his babes and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line” (Act IV, Scene i. Lines 164-167. This shows that Macbeth is trying to wipe out an entire family line because of one man who was deemed traitorous. This displays Macbeth’s paranoia even further, by emphasizing the lengths he will go