"Macbeth"

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This paper discusses "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare in terms of the use of blood as a motif, blood seen from the murder of the king, as a way of implicating others, as a sign of guilt, as proof of lineage, and as a symbol of war and the damage done by war. The paper shows ways in which the term is used and the idea is shaped into a repeated image of blood and death.

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"William Shakespeare's play Macbeth involves a number of repeated motifs that extend through the play and support the themes of the piece. Blood is a motif that expresses a number of thematic ideas, including the violence done to the king and to the kingdom, the violence of war, the concept of blood lineage, and the way blood must atone for a bloody act. Faith Nostbakken notes that in this play, "Blood and violence pervade the play in vivid imagery and in murders on and off stage" (Nostbakken 4)."

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