... in the first act. She is willing to do anything to have her husband seize the throne. As she is waiting for the arrival of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth gives a speech that describes her drive for her husband. "Come you spirits/ That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,/ And fill me ... she finishes her task. It is not until Act V that the reader is able to clearly see Lady Macbeth's insanity. The act opens with a doctor speaking to Lady Macbeth's gentlewoman about her reoccurring sleep walks. Lady Macbeth then enters with a taper, which according to her gentlewoman, she must have with her at...

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... and determined woman who knew what she wanted. She was the biggest influence in the crimes that Macbeth committed. The witches appeared in the beginning of the play and told Macbeth and Banquo some prophecies. The prophecies were that Macbeth was to become Thane of Glaims, Thane of Cowdor, and king. They also said that Banquo ... murder Duncan. She wanted to encourage her husband to become the king so that she could become the queen by default. She manipulated Macbeth to murder Duncan. After he killed the king he took it upon himself to also kill his friend Banquo and tried to kill ... ma...

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... meanings. This symbol is developed throughout the play and is a dominating theme. The symbol of blood changes throughout the play, and follows the character changes in Macbeth. At first, he is a brave honored soldier, but as the play progresses, he becomes a treacherous person who has become identified with death and bloodshed and ... to say murder after he had killed Duncan, so he says this instead. Lady Macbeth shows the most vivid example of guilt using the symbol of blood in the scene in which she walks in her sleep. She says "Out damned spot! Out I say! One: two: why then 'tis time...

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... likely put this in to foreshadow murder and death. Another example in Shakespeare's Macbeth blood is that represents the evidence. Lady Macbeth, wife of Macbeth, shows the most strongest example of evidence using the symbol of blood in the scene. She says "Out damned spot! Out I say! One: two: why then 'tis time to do't: ... 42). This speech represents the fact that she cannot wipe the blood stains of Duncan off her hands. She says this right after the murder, when Macbeth was feeling guilty, and her guilty conscience grows stronger. She rubs the imaginary blood of her hands to rid her...

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... the reader a description of how Duncan will be murdered. "I see thee still, and on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, which was not so before." MacBeth is talking about what he will see when he will have murdered Duncan. The image given is a sharp dagger covered in thick blood from the tip to the ... will resemble after multiple stabs, his blood emerging from his body. Both MacBeth and Lady MacBeth react differently from seeing so much blood and killing innocent men, women, and children. Lady MacBeth, in the fifth act, has become overwhelmed with guilt that she has gone insane. "Out, ...

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