FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Macbeth
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Lady Macbeth
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -William Shakespeare coined this phrase in the play Macbeth. In the play, the character Macbeth murders others in a quest for power.
Detailed explanation-2: -MACBETH It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood. Stones have been known to move and trees to speak. The secret’st man of blood. What is the night?
Detailed explanation-3: -Macbeth refers to his hallucination of the ghost of Banquo: “It will have blood, they say. Blood will have blood. (3.4. ?)” The association of blood to his murderous crimes is used to signify his dirty conscious.
Detailed explanation-4: -Key quotations: Act III Scene 4 Key quotation: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o’er (III. 4.136–8). Shakespeare is saying here that Macbeth has involved himself in so many murders that it is as easy for him to carry on than to turn back.
Detailed explanation-5: -what does the quote “It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.” mean? Macbeth is talking about how his guilt can never wash away and is only covered up by more guilt. In order to cover up for more guilt he has to kill more people to hide his secret.