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Macbeth is concerned about the blood on his hands because he couldn't believe that he had really killed King Duncan.

He says that no amount of water could wash away the blood, because washing the blood away couldn't bring the King back.

Blood represents the guilt, and this is where we get the phrase "to have blood on one's hands". He's done something he can't turn back and has to live with the consequences and guilt that will follow for the rest of his life.

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What does Macbeth mean when he says the blood on his hands will redden all the seas?

When Macbeth says the blood on his hands will redden all the seas, he is expressing the idea that his guilt and remorse are so profound that they will consume and taint everything around him, metaphorically turning the entire world red with blood. It reflects his overwhelming sense of moral corruption and the weight of his crimes.


What does Macbeth really mean when he indicates that the blood on his hands will redden all the seas?

the blood of all the people he killed is now on his hands..it jus means that hes a murderer


What are some patterns of imagery in Macbeth act 4?

"I am in blood stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o'er". (III, 4) The image of Macbeth wading through an ocean of blood reinforces the many examples of blood imagery throughout the play, including several earlier in the same scene. It is reminiscent of the line "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red." which also reminds us of Lady Macbeth's line "all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." All of these images of the Macbeths awash in a sea of blood that cannot be cleaned off enhance the central idea of Macbeth, which is that doing one evil deed changes the doer forever, and the guilt clings to him or to her. (As in Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, there is no redemption.)


How much water does Macbeth say he needs to clean up his mess?

He says, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red." Basically, if he tried to use all the water in the ocean, he would make the ocean red with the blood and still be bloody himself. There are two figures of speech at work here. One is called hyperbole--extreme exaggeration. Of course all the water in the ocean will be more than enough. The other is metaphor. The blood is a metaphor for Macbeth's guilt, which cannot be washed away no matter how hard he tries. It's not about the real blood--that is easy enough to wash away.


Will the seas turn to blood at the end of the world?

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What are five lines in the play Macbeth that are good examples of imagery?

"Ere to black Hecate's summons, the shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums hath rung night's yawning peal" "No, it will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red." "What, all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop?" "They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly but bear-like I must fight the course." "There's husbandry in heaven; night's candles are all out."


A sentence with the word vessel?

They are cruising the seas on a sailing vessel. I broke a blood vessel when I fell down.


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