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Images of blood and water occur frequently throughout William Shakespeares , the significance of which should not be overlooked. Shakespeare uses these images to portray the horror of the central action, Duncan’s murder. The vibrant images of blood and water als ....

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.... green one red.” (II, iii, 61) Illustrates how no amount of water could clean ’s guilty conscience. He imagines that all of the water from the ocean could not clean his hands of the burden of guilt that weighed so heavily on his tormented mind. He pictures Duncan’s blood staining the entire ocean red. Immediately after murdering Duncan, ’s guilt is brought on much like a large gaping gash while Lady ’s guilt is more like a small cut that in time festers into a massive lesion. Lady 's remark "wash this filthy witness from your hand, ” (I,ii, 47). This illustrates quite clearly that that she has far less immediate guilt for the crime and rat ....