Macbeth Seminar Notes
Macbeth Seminar Notes
Act 2 Scene 2
“This is a sorry sight.” [Looking on his hands] line 29 (Macbeth)
“Are but as pictures; ‘tis the eye of childhood
That fears a painted devil. If he do bleed,
I’ll gild the faces of the grooms withal,
For it must seem their guilt.” line 70-73 (Lady Macbeth)
“How is’t with me, when every noise appals me.” line 75 (Macbeth)
Act 2 Scene 3
“You are, and do not know’t:
The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood
Is stopp’d; the very source of it is stopp’d.” line 110 (Macbeth)
Act 3 Scene 4
“Blood hath been shed ere now, I’ the older time,” line 91 (Macbeth)
Act 4 Scene 1
Bloody Child
Act 5 Scene 1
“Here’s the smell of blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.” line 45 (Lady Macbeth)
Blood * Represents life force or heritage * Symbolizes the mortality of a person, or being, showing that they are able to experience pain and death * The turmoil and destruction rampant throughout the land * Cruelty, committing a crime, guilt
What Blood means to the Macbeths * Cruelty defines the Macbeths
Examples * Seen on the hands of Lady Macbeth (5.1) * Banquo’s ghost and the face of his murderer (Macbeth sees it, though the murderer does not notice – Macbeth feels guilty) in 3.4 * The dagger that Macbeth sees in 2.1, he wrestles with the guilt for the deed he is about to do * “Once it is spilled, it gets everywhere and stains that it taints everyone involved and the perpetrators have blood on their hands, literally and metaphorically”
Macbeth Seminar Notes
Blood Symbolism * Life, Death, Injuries – you need blood to survive. Without it, or a large loss of it, can mean death. * Treason and Murder * Intense hatred or horror * Bonds between people – Could relate to the bloodline and family of a person, as Macbeth and King Duncan were cousins
Relation to the Macbeths * The guilt of their crimes – blood is used as a
Act 2 Scene 2
“This is a sorry sight.” [Looking on his hands] line 29 (Macbeth)
“Are but as pictures; ‘tis the eye of childhood
That fears a painted devil. If he do bleed,
I’ll gild the faces of the grooms withal,
For it must seem their guilt.” line 70-73 (Lady Macbeth)
“How is’t with me, when every noise appals me.” line 75 (Macbeth)
Act 2 Scene 3
“You are, and do not know’t:
The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood
Is stopp’d; the very source of it is stopp’d.” line 110 (Macbeth)
Act 3 Scene 4
“Blood hath been shed ere now, I’ the older time,” line 91 (Macbeth)
Act 4 Scene 1
Bloody Child
Act 5 Scene 1
“Here’s the smell of blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.” line 45 (Lady Macbeth)
Blood * Represents life force or heritage * Symbolizes the mortality of a person, or being, showing that they are able to experience pain and death * The turmoil and destruction rampant throughout the land * Cruelty, committing a crime, guilt
What Blood means to the Macbeths * Cruelty defines the Macbeths
Examples * Seen on the hands of Lady Macbeth (5.1) * Banquo’s ghost and the face of his murderer (Macbeth sees it, though the murderer does not notice – Macbeth feels guilty) in 3.4 * The dagger that Macbeth sees in 2.1, he wrestles with the guilt for the deed he is about to do * “Once it is spilled, it gets everywhere and stains that it taints everyone involved and the perpetrators have blood on their hands, literally and metaphorically”
Macbeth Seminar Notes
Blood Symbolism * Life, Death, Injuries – you need blood to survive. Without it, or a large loss of it, can mean death. * Treason and Murder * Intense hatred or horror * Bonds between people – Could relate to the bloodline and family of a person, as Macbeth and King Duncan were cousins
Relation to the Macbeths * The guilt of their crimes – blood is used as a