Macbeth

Macbeth Once Macbeth and Lady Macbeth embark upon their murderous journey, blood comes to symbolize their guilt, and they begin to feel that their crimes have stained them in a way that cannot be washed clean. "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand'" (II.ii.58–59). Macbeth cries after he has killed Duncan, even as his wife scolds him and says that a little water will do the job. This comment shows that the blood is seen as a permanent marker showing the terrible deed that has been committed. Blood symbolizes the guilt that sits like a permanent stain on the conscience of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, one that hounds them to their graves. Hallucinations and visions are a very common occurrence for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth after macbeth, shakespeare, blood, lady, guilt, bloody, visions, permanent, one, ii, embark, duncan, dagger, committed, clean, after, wife, way, water, washed, wash, very, upon, two, towards, toward, thy, thus, terrible, symbolizes, symbolize, stained, stain, sleepwalking, sits, shows, showing