Macbeth Blood Imagery
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- Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O, O, O! (5.1.44-45)
- This scene relates to blood imagery because Lady Macbeth is haunted by the guilt of her bloody actions. She is rambling about how nothing will "sweeten" her hand, because the "smell" of blood is still on it. In reality, she cannot cleanse her conscience from the terrible things that she has done, which is causing her paranoia. The doctor is listening to her say all of these things, but does not know about the deeds Lady Macbeth has committed.
- In this scene, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are in the dining hall after their banquet. Macbeth is shaken from seeing the ghost of Banquo, and he believes that he is unsafe in his home, haunted by his guilt. He says that the crimes he committed were so severe, that it is impossible to go back to being "good". The blood represents his guilt, and his inability to lead a normal life again.
- I am in bloodStepped in so far that, should I wade no more,Returning were as tedious as go o’er. (3.4.142–144)
- In this scene, Macbeth is about to murder Duncan. He begins to hallucinate a floating dagger, with the handle towards him. The tip was towards Duncan. The dagger is bloody. The blood is imagery representing the blood and guilt that will cloud Macbeth's mind and terrorize his sanity for the rest of the play.
- I see thee still,And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood,Which was not so before. There’s no such thing.It is the bloody business which informsThus to mine eyes. (2.1.45–49)
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