What Hand Means In Macbeth
Characters in Macbeth think of the Hands as their actions.
They seperate themselves from their hands and they will blame what they have done on their hands.
The hands are operated by man
Man commits deeds with hands
The hands of man destroy or create
Connections With Other Key Words
In Macbeth, When Shakespeare writes "man" he is usually refering not to the man,
but to the strength a man possesses that a female does not.
The relationship between "man" and "hand" is that they usually go together.
A women does not usually commit actions on which she blames her hands.
The exception is Lady McBeth who actually says "Unsex me here".
Blood
- Blood is generally on the hands of actors from Macbeth
- Lady Macbeth says, "My hands are of your color..."(Macbeth 2.2 85-86) -connection:The color of blood.
- Lady Macbeth says,"...And wash this filthy witness from your hands." (Macbeth 2.2 65) -connection:Lady Macbeth thinks the "blood" or sin can be washed away easily.
- In Macbeth, Blood means the sin that he committed.
When the characters sat they cannot wipe the Blood from their Hands,
it means they cannot take away this sin
In Macbeth, Blood also means sin.
Sleep Means the peace in Macbeth
Hand Connections In Macbeth
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SLEEP
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The hands destroy sleep
and also prolong it.
NIght
In Macbeth the "Night" is usually like a mask. The "gloves" in a sense to the hand.
It connects to the "hand" concept because Night is usually always involved with Hand. It is like a cover-up for the actions of the characters.
Man