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Violence (Blood Imagery (The prolific appearance of violence in the play…
Violence
Blood Imagery
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Constant reminder of the original evil act that Macbeth committed (murder of Duncan), and the direct consequences of it
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I am in blood / stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, / returning were as tedious as go o'er
Where
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Shows the relative horror of the murders - Duncan's murder was deemed even more horrific than the murder of children
Lady Macbeth's murder happens off stage; Lady Macduff's happens on stage - comparison between the horror of the two murders
One leads to another
In the play, Macbeth's one act of violence of killing Duncan leads to all the other evil acts in the play
All the violence could also stem from the very beginning of the play, which starts with a battle scene
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Women
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Lady Macbeth asks to be rid of her feminine qualities (unsex me here) in order to be able to even plan the violence: Fill me from the crown to the toe top-full / of direst cruelty
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Not the solution
Shakespeare ultimately presents violence as not being the solution - it doesn't solve any of the problems that it sets out to
E.g the murder of Banquo is supposed to stop his children becoming Kings, and make Macbeth feel more secure in his position, but Fleance escapes and survives, so the plan did not work
After Duncan's murder, Macbeth does not feel happy
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Glorified initially
At the beginning, Macbeth and Banquo are praised for their work in battle, which can only mean that they have successfully killed people
This clearly changes, as by the end violence is seen as evil and negative
Macbeth
Initially, Macbeth is portrayed as very violent anyway: unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps
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Use
Shakespeare used it increasingly in his plays as it reflected the interests of the Jacobean audience