Motif - Violence

Description

• Violence in Macbeth

Blood Imagery

• Opening Scene

  • Captain describes Macbeth and Banquo wading in blood

• Bloodstained Hands

  • Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's guilt

Key Events

• First Battle

  • Macbeth defeats the invaders

• Second Battle

  • Macbeth is slain and beheaded by Macduff

Murders

• Victims

  • Duncan

  • Duncan’s chamberlains

  • Banquo

  • Lady Macduff

  • Macduff’s son

Conclusion

• Pervasive Blood

• Offstage Violence