Images of blood and sleep in MacbethMacbeth screams imagery! Shakespeare uses images of blood and sleep to create an atmosphere of horror during Duncan's murder, which contributes to our sense of Macbeth's increasing madness. Ultimately, Lady Macbeth's final scene is enhanced by the use of imagery of blood that reflects her guilt. Shakespeare's use of imagery connects the audience's sense of horror to the play. Macbeth held such potential for himself. He was honored Thane of Cawdor, and who knows what else Duncan had in store for him. Unfortunately, he chose not to find out by assassinating the king. The scene of Duncan's murder (II, ii) demonstrates the guilt and feeling that blood diffuses into the air. When he returns to his room, Lady Macbeth notices that he has brought the blood-covered daggers with him. She persuades him to take them back to the scene of death, but he refuses, saying: “I’m not going there anymore. I'm afraid to think of what I've done; don't look anymore, I don't dare. » Lady Macbeth responds mercilessly. to her husband: "Cripple of determination! Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead are only images. It is the eye of the child who fears a painted devil. If he bleeds, I will gild them faces of the bride and groom too, because it must seem their guilt Lady Macbeth tells her husband that he was behaving like a child and that he went alone to smear blood on the king's grooms so that it would seem that they were. have done so. Lady Macbeth returns from Duncan's room and tells Macbeth that her hands are covered in blood, just like his. She encourages Macbeth to wash the blood off his hands to remove the evidence of their presence. hands are your color... I hear knocking... A little...... middle of paper...... come, come, give me your hand! What is done cannot be undone. For bed, bed, bed!" Lady Macbeth is haunted by her guilt. The bloodshed so disturbs her conscience that she cannot hide from it. Works cited and consulted: Campbell, Lily B. « Macbeth: A Study in Fear. Readings on Macbeth. Clarice Swisher. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 126-35. Foakes, RA. Boston: Routledge, 1987. James IV of Scotland. In Minor Works in Prose. Ed. Edinburgh: Scottish Text Society. Muir. New York: Routledge, 1992. Shakespeare, William. Ed. Kenneth Muir. New York: Routledge, 1992. Truax, E. “Imagery in Macbeth” Comparative drama. 23. 1990:359-76.