Blood is known to all of us to represent life, death and often injury. Blood is an essential part of life, and without blood, we could not live. When Shakespeare uses the blood imagery to represent treason, murder and death, it is easily understood and fits in perfectly with the ideas we have of blood. Blood is mentioned often in the play and most times in reference to murder or treason. The first reference to …showed first 75 words of 346 total…

…showed last 75 words of 346 total…stained her hands after smearing it all over the servants. She also refers to Duncan"s murder saying: "Yet who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him!". All these references are to murder and both include direct references to blood imagery used in his play. Throughout the play, Shakespeare effectively uses blood imagery to create suspense and horror. Blood imagery is also used to describe murder, treason, and death.