Effective use of blood images in MacbethFree use of blood is the staple of most murder scenes. Perhaps this technique was first developed by Shakespeare for his play Macbeth. The images of blood used in Macbeth add to the horror of the play. There are several examples of this throughout the game. The first notable example occurs in the second scene after Duncan's murder, when Macbeth is trying to wash the blood off his hands. The second example occurs in the third scene when Macbeth refers to the king's bloody wounds. The third and final event involving images of blood takes place in scene four as Ross talks to Macduff about the murder. Overall, all these striking examples of bloody images add to the creepy atmosphere of the work. In the second scene, after Duncan's murder, Macbeth is trying to wash the blood from his hands: "Will all Neptune's great oceans wash this blood from my hand?" This adds a lot to the atmosphere of the show as it implies that it would take Neptune's entire ocean to wash away the considerable amount of ...