Create a 2 page essay paper that discusses Symbolism in Macbeth.In the second scene of act 1, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth can be seen to embark on their murderous missions. From this point on, blood come

Create a 2 page essay paper that discusses Symbolism in Macbeth.

In the second scene of act 1, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth can be seen to embark on their murderous missions. From this point on, blood comes to be a symbol of guilt. The two feel that they are so stained by the crimes they have committed that the blood on their hands cannot be cleaned. The blood is therefore a permanent stain of guilt on their conscience. In one instance, when Macbeth has killed Duncan and his wife insists that water will clean the blood from him, she comes to find out that it cannot. She cries ‘who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?’ (5.1.30–34) Another symbol that is dominant in the book nature or natural occurrences. The murders that Macbeth commits are followed by unnatural weather occurrences. When the witches appear, they are accompanied by thunder and lightning. On the night that Duncan is murdered, there are severe storms. These occurrences are symbolic of the moral corruption that has pervaded the society. In the play, there is an instance in which an owl is seen to kill a falcon, and horses are seen to go wild and eat each other (2.4.2-5). This is a reversal of nature as horses are not expected to eat each other, and owls are not expected to prey on birds that are larger than them. This reversal is symbolic of the rebellion, and of the upset of the natural order of things that happens when Macbeth starts to commit the murders. The play is also rich in the use of light and darkness. Whenever something evil or terrible is about to happen, night is invoked.