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Essay Archive - Macbeth: The Symbol of Blood
Macbeth: The Symbol of Blood
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
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....
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