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Macbeth invites Duncan to come to his castle, once Duncan arrives at the castle; he smells a sweet sent coming from the castle,

“This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air/ Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself/ Unto our gentle sense” (I.vi.1-3).

Symbolic significance:

Once Duncan enters Macbeths castle he will no longer exit the castle because Macbeth will murder him that night. The picture of the person smelling the flower relates to Duncan has he smells the sweet sense of the castle, the smell of a flower usually can be related to something being good and that nothing bad is going to happened which makes the atmosphere to be calm and relaxing.

When Macbeth demands to know if Banquo’s descendants will be kings. The witches warn him not to ask, but Macbeth insists he sees eight kings, escorted by Banquo, “Show his eyes, and grieve his heart” (IV.i.121).

Symbolic significance:

Once Macbeth sees the kings in front of his eyes he is shocked, he wishes that he could stop looking, but he can’t. The person shocked in the picture gives a good understanding of what Macbeth was going though when seeing the descendants of Banquo and making Macbeth uncertainty true, what his eyes wanted to sees isn’t what the vision of the witches gave him. Now that we know that Macbeth will not be king for long his character chances to being more scared and no longer immortal.

Before the bell is rung letting Macbeth know its time for him to an kill Duncan, Macbeth thinks about what's going to happen after he has killed King Duncan.

Pity, like a naked new-born babe,

Striding the blast, or heaven cherubins, horsed

Upon the sightless couriers of the air,

Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,

That tears shall drown the wind (I. vii. 21-25).

Symbolic significance:

Macbeth tells the audience that what is about to happened know one will suspect it and once the deed is done the hole castle will be blown away like the picture shown describes how the town will feel and will have tears running down like the wind represented by the rain in the picture. This elaborate metaphor suggests that pity for King Duncan will be like that kind of wind that blows so hard that it brings tears to your eyes like a rain storm which can come unsuspected.

In Scene 1 of Act 2, Macbeth experiences a hallucination of a floating dagger, and cannot discern whether it is real or not.

“Macbeth: I see thee yet, in form as palpable as this which now I draw…Mine are made the fools o’ the other senses, or else worth all the rest;/ I see thee still” (II .i. 47-52).

He says that the dagger looks as real as his own, but he cannot touch it, and either his eyes are bad or his sense of touch is poor and deceives him.

This is significant for it shows that Macbeth is losing his grip on reality, and it adds to the theme of stability, with Macbeth’s mind becoming more unstable and unreliable as his senses deteriorate.

In Scene 3 of Act 1, Macbeth and Banquo encounter the witches, with whom Macbeth approaches warily after he is given a prophetic greeting that promises him to be king and Thane of Cawdor.

“Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear things that do sound so fair?” (I.iii. 54-55).

Banquo wonders why Macbeth is so fearful of the witches when all they have said is in positive light of Macbeth, and this is significant because Banquo is not concerned with the witches, for even though they look horrid and abnormal, they speak of sweet things.

Our senses can fool us, and we listen to whatever good things are told, even if from uncertain sources, tying in with the play’s theme of ambition.

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When Lady Macbeth is seen sleepwalking by her doctor and servant, she says

Lady Macbeth: Out, damned spot! out I say!

Doctor: ...Do you mark that?

Lady Macbeth: ...What, will these hands ne'er be clean?

Gentlewoman: ...She has spoke what she should not

Lady Macbeth: ...Here's the smell of blood still: all the

perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand

Doctor: What a sigh is there! The heart is sorely charged

Lady Macbeth: To bed, to bed; there's knocking at the gate

(V. i. 32-61).

Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking and beleives her hand is covered in blood, she rubs her hand in order to wash out the blood but to no avail. She also says she can smell the blood and hear knocking on the door when in reality none of this is actually happening,

After Macbeth kills Duncan he speaks to Lady Macbeth and says, "Methought, I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more!/ Macbeth does murder sleep-the innocent sleep" (II. ii. 47-48).

Macbeth killed Duncan and heard a voice cry "no more sleep, Macbeth kills innocent sleep."

This is significant to the symbol of the senses because Macbeth's hearing is playing tricks on him. It's causing him to hear voices that weren't actually there, making him feel guilt.

This is significant to the conflict between Macbeth and himself because it starts the fight between his ambition for power and the guilt he has for murdering Duncan. It also highlights the theme of guilt and also violence because Macbeth is portrayed murdering sleep itself.

When Macbeth is asked to take a seat by Lennox at the banquet, he says,

Macbeth: The tables full

Lennox: Here is a place reserved, sir

Macbeth: ...Thou canst not say I did it: never shake

Ross: ...Gentlemen, rise; his highness is not well

Macbeth: ...Prithee, see there! behold! look! lo! how say you?

Lady Macbeth: ...What? quite unmann'd in folly?

Macbeth: If I stand here, I saw him

Lady Macbeth: Fie, for shame

Macbeth: ...[to ghost Banquo] Avaunt! and quit my sight!

(III. iv. 56-113).

Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo sitting in his seat and he gets angry at him, yelling at him to return to his grave but nobody else can see him. His servants worry for his health.

Lady Macbeth is already dead in a way, a slave to her own guilt, not able to control her own senses, she sleepwalks lifelessly in her room.

What are senses?

Senses are physiological capabilities of organisms that allow them to perceive the world around them.

Humans have 5 senses: touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing

Macbeth Symbolism

The Senses

Macbeth Symbolism:

The Senses

I chose this picture because it shows that although Macbeth became King, he cannot sleep because he is haunted by his guilt, which are portrayed by 3 ghosts.

By, Waleed, Luca, and Brennen

Symbol Meaning

The senses are a symbol of stability and balance.

In Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are often tricked by their senses, which are fueled by both ambition and guilt, and are made insane.

In the beggining of the play, the senses were a lot more calm,they were motivated by ambition and they led Macbeth to kill Duncan. As the play progressed the senses started to become a lot more intense, and they became fueled by guilt, they became a form of punishment. They caused Macbeth and Lady Macbeth a tremendous amount of guilt and drove them to insanity.

Theme Connection

The symbol of senses can be connected with the themes of power, ambition and guilt. After Macbeth's ambition leads him to kill Duncan, he gains Duncan's power but his senses are heavily influenced by guilt and cause Macbeth to perceive things that arent really there (i.e Banquo's ghost) and destroy his mental health.

I choose this picture because it portrays Macbeth in a fight against his senses. He is left to his own devices in a stormy sea of guilt that only he can sail through. Nobody except Macbeth saw the ghost therfore only he can be held 100% accountable for his actions, ergo the small boat.

The symbolic significance of this quote is that the senses are being used to make Lady Macbeth insane. Her sight is making her see blood on her hands and her sense of smell is making her smell the blood on her hands when in reality her hands are physically clean and odourless.

This is significant to the character of Lady Macbeth because it's this type of paranoia caused by the senses that ultimately leads to her commmiting suicide.

It's also significant in portraying the theme of guilt and how Lady Macbeth is overwhelmed by the guilt of aiding the murder of Duncan and Banquo.

In Scene 1 of Act 5, a doctor and a gentlewoman discuss Lady Macbeth' s sleepwalking problems.

Doctor: You see, her eyes are open

Gentlewoman: Ay, but their sense is shut

(V.i. 22-23).

The doctor points out that Lady Macbeth’s eyes are open during her bouts of sleepwalking, but the woman points out that while Lady Macbeth’s eyes are open, she cannot see.

There is an underlying metaphor in this quote about foresight. Lady Macbeth thought that she knew what would happen when she urged her husband to murder Duncan, but in reality she could not see the consequences laid out on that path.

The symbolic significance of this is that Macbeth's sight is making him see the ghost of Banquo. His senses are again bringing out the guilt in him and it makes him angry and deteriorates his mental stability.

Furthermore it can be linked again with the conflict of Macbeth vs himself, and how he is constantly fighting his own senses that present his guilt. In addition, the theme of the supernatural can also be seen by Banquo's ghost along with the theme of a disrupted universe where the dead are seen among the living.

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