... "Which smok'd with bloody execution", he is referring to Macbeth's braveness in which his sword is covered in the hot blood of the enemy. After these few references to honour, the symbol of blood now changes to show a theme of treachery and treason. Lady Macbeth starts this off when she asks the spirits to "make thick my blood,". What she is saying by this ... , is that she wants to make herself insensitive and remorseless for the deeds which she is about to commit. Lady Macbeth knows that the evidence of blood is a treacherous ... give thee out." After the death of Macbeth at the hands...

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... says "Which smok'd with bloody execution," he is referring to Macbeth's stalwartness in which his sword is covered in the blood of the enemy. After these few references to honor, the symbol of blood now changes to show a theme of deception and treason. Lady Macbeth starts this off when she asks the spirits to "make thick my blood." What she is saying by this ... , is that she wants to make herself insensitive and remorseless for the deeds which she is about to commit. Lady Macbeth knows that the evidence of blood is a treacherous ... anything about it. After the death of Macbeth at the ...

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... play progresses, he becomes a treacherous person who has become identified with death and bloodshed and is stained with guilt. The first reference of blood is one of bravery, and occurs when Duncan sees the injured sergeant and says "What bloody man is that?". In the next passage, the sergeant ... with bloody execution", he is referring to Macbeth's braveness in which his sword is covered in the blood of the enemy. The symbol of blood now changes to show a theme of treachery and treason. Lady Macbeth starts this off when she asks the spirits to "make thick my blood,". What she ... is s...

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