Blood as a Motif

Question 1

What is the quote starting with, “What bloody…”?

Answer 1

“What bloody man is that?” (King, Act 1 Scene 2)

Question 2

What does blood represent in the play?

Answer 2

Blood represents the guilt that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth feel but also the brutality of murder

Question 3

What is the quote starting with, “Make thick…”?

Answer 3

“Make thick my blood; / Stop up the access and passage to remorse” (Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5)

Question 4

What is the quote starting with, “And on thy…”?

Answer 4

“And on thy blade, and dudgeon, gouts of blood” (Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 1)

Question 5

What is the quote starting with, “It is the…”?

Answer 5

“It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes” (Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 1)

Question 6

What is the quote starting with, “Will all of…”?

Answer 6

“Will all of great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?” (Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 2)

Question 7

What is the quote starting with, “My hands are…”?

Answer 7

“My hands are of your colour; but I shame / To wear a heart so white” (Lady Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 2)

Question 8

What is the quote starting with, “It will have…”?

Answer 8

“It will have blood they say: blood will have blood” (Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 4)

Question 9

What does the quote “It will have blood they say: blood will have blood” reflect?

Answer 9

It’s when Banquo’s ghost appears at the feast. Macbeth is acting strangely, stating that the blood he shed will come back to haunt him after

Question 10

What is the quote starting with, “I am in blood…”?

Answer 10

“I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o’er” (Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 4)

Question 11

What is the quote starting with, “Never shake…”?

Answer 11

“Never shake thy gory locks at me” (Macbeth Act 3 Scene 4)

Question 12

What is the quote starting with, “Quit my…”?

Answer 12

“Quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee / Thy [Banquo’s] bones are marrowless / thy blood is cold” (Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 4)

Question 13

What is the quote starting with, “Bleed…”?

Answer 13

“Bleed, bleed, poor country” (Macduff, Act 4 Scene 3)

Question 14

What is the quote starting with, “With an…”?

Answer 14

“With an untitled tyrant bloody scepter’d” (Macduff, Act 4 Scene 3)

Question 15

What is the quote starting with, “Out damned…”?

Answer 15

“Out damned spot: out, I say” (Lady Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 1)

Question 16

What is the quote starting with, “Yet who would…”?

Answer 16

“Yet who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him?” (Lady Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 1)

Question 17

What is the quote starting with, “Here’s the smell…”?

Answer 17

“Here’s the smell of blood still. Will all the perfumes of Arabia not sweeten this little hand?” (Lady Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 1)