MACBETH ESSAY Throughout Macbeth William Shakespeare uses many symbols to highlight major themes in the play. One of these symbols is blood, and the theme that it reinforces is murder and the fear associated with killing. Many scenes in the play involving murder also have blood mentioned, although not necessarily during the act itself. The use of blood as a symbol is very important when connected to the theme of murder, and is used as …showed first 75 words of 634 total…

…showed last 75 words of 634 total…important events in the play, most of which are more deaths. Blood also shows Macbeth's fear of killing because his conscience gets in the way. The theme of the fear of killing is very important, because eventually it affects Lady Macbeth so much that she kills herself because she could not control her guilty conscience. Every time this theme comes up, blood is usually mentioned and used as a symbol in one way or another.