Darkness Used In Macbeth

One word has the power to change the whole meaning of a sentence. It creates a visual for people to feel like they are apart of the story but certain words like “blood” hold more power over others. Shakespeare uses the word blood to deliver a message about karma in three phases. In the first phase of darkness he shows how a simple word can change the whole mood of the scene by adding in some mysterious factors. He then moves onto the second phase by introducing all the drama. He dramatizes the play by using the word blood in certain phrases so the person can create an image in their mind. Shakespeare closes it all off in the final phase of death by issuing it to Macbeth. William Shakespeare’s use of the word “blood” in the Tragedy of Macbeth

This allows the reader to do some foreshadowing. After winning the war, Macbeth and Banquo are riding back when they get a chance to hear their prophecies. Macbeth finds out he will soon rule over Scotland but then the ruling king, Duncan, announces his son will take to the throne. Once Macbeth comes to know of this he is angered and alongside his wife, Lady Macbeth, he devises a plan to kill the King in the dark of night. Lady Macbeth waits for her husband to arrive back home and in the meantime she talks to the spirits. She says “ Come, you spirits/ That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, /And fill me from the crown to the toe topful/ Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood./ Stop up the access and passage to remorse,/ That no compunctious visitings of nature/ Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between/ The effect and it!” (I.V.30-37) In this line, Lady Macbeth asks she no longer be a woman and that she lose all emotions. Her use of the word “blood” in the line “Make thick my blood” creates a dark image, foreshadowing upcoming troubles. They quickly realizes that they need someone to take the fall for their actions and they choose the two guards. Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth “When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two/Of his own chamber and used their very daggers…” (I.VII. 75-77) He uses “blood” in it’s most

After Macbeth killed Duncan and the two guards, Banquo who was alongside Macbeth when he received his prophecy to become king, comes to a realization that Macbeth is the murderer and Macbeth soon catches wind of this. He arranges for Banquo and his son to be killed but soon after he starts feeling paranoid. “Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, / Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night,/ Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day/ And with thy bloody and invisible hand/ Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond/ Which keeps me pale” (III.II.47-52). Macbeth is sure that Banquo's ghost is haunting him. When he says “and with thy bloody and invisible hand” it gives an image of severed hand that no one but him can see. Without that line, this speech would not be nearly as dramatic because of how gruesome it is. At this point Macbeth does not know if the two murderers had killed Banquo yet but he is hallucinating that Banquo is there with his ancestors. “Horrible sight! Now I see ’tis true;/ For the/ blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me/ And points at them for his.”(IV.I.127-129) Macbeth has this outbreak in the middle of the dinner party which creates added drama for the guests and the