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I am going to prove that in the play Macbeth, a symbol of

blood is portrayed often(and with different meanings), and that

it is a symbol that is developed until it is the dominating theme

of the play towards the end of it.



To begin with, I found the word "blood", or different forms

of it forty-two times (ironically, the word fear is used

forty-two times), with several other passages dealing with the

symbol. Perhaps the best way to show how the symbol of blood

changes throughout the play, is to follow the character changes

in Macbeth. First he is a brave honoured soldier, but as the

play progresses, he becomes a treacherous person who has become

identified with death and bloodshed and shows his guilt in

different forms.



The first reference of blood is one of honour, and occurs

when Duncan sees the injured sergeant and says "What bloody man

is that?". This is symbolic of the brave fighter who been

injured in a valiant battle for his country. In the......

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