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"What bloody man is that?" (1.2 1)

"Which smoked with bloody execution" (1.2 20).

"Make thick my blood" (1.5 48).

"Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return" (1.7 9).

"When we have marked with blood those sleepy two" (1.7 83).

"And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood,/ Which was not so before. There’s no such thing./ It is the bloody business which informs" (2.1 54-56).

"As they had seen me with these hangman’s hands" (2.2 36).

"The sleepy grooms with blood" (2.2 61).

"My hands are of your color, but I shame/To wear a heart so white" (2.2 78-79).

"The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood/ Is stopped; the very source of it is stopped" (2.2 110-111).

"Their hands and faces were all badged with blood" (2.2 115).

"Is ’t known who did this more than bloody deed? (2.4 26).

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Who holds the most blame for the murder? (Tess Corvera) 

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Who holds the most blame for the murder? (Tess Corvera) 

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Lady Macbeth holds the most blame for the murder as she hold the most influence over Macbeth, the physical murder. In their relationship, Lady Macbeth holds the power. While Macbeth is also responsible for the murder, Lady Macbeth holds most of the responsibility. Macbeth was coerced into killing Duncan. He feels guilty telling Lady Macbeth, "I have no spur/To prick the sides of my intent, but only/ Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself/ And falls on th’ other" (1.7 25-28).

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Sleep symbols: James, Seth, Kouya, Konstantin

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Sleep symbols: James, Seth, Kouya, Konstantin

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Thought I heard a voice cry “Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep” —the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath”(2.2. 47-50)

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It is doubtful he would have followed through with the deed without the influence of Lady Macbeth, he ignited the idea, fixing the fateful vision in their minds.

Macbeth wrote to Lady Macbeth explaining his encounter with the witches and their prophecies, suggesting the murder of King Duncan with a strong resolve. Even if Lady Macbeth is the mastermind behind the plan of killing Duncan, she is merely supporting Macbeth’s vision of becoming king, and making sure that his internal conflicts don’t stand in the way of ambition.

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The murder is not in the play because Shakespeare wants the audience to focus more on Macbeth’s distraught reaction. By only portraying Macbeth’s reaction, the audience realizes Lady Macbeth’s influence on him, and the advancement of the prophecy.

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Blood symbols: James, Konstantin, Kouya, Seth

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Blood symbols: James, Konstantin, Kouya, Seth

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“Go get some water and wash this filthy witness from your hand.” (2.2. 61)

“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather making the green one red.”(2.2. 79-81)

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Symbols: sleep/dreaming (Violet, Mailey, Sofia, Kaitlyn)

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Symbols: sleep/dreaming (Violet, Mailey, Sofia, Kaitlyn)

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While Macbeth contemplates the killing of King Duncan he soliloquies, “nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse/The curtained sleep” (2.1. 62-63). This suggests the internal conflict that Macbeth endures.

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Who is most responsible for the murder? (Ishaan Vincent)

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Who is most responsible for the murder? (Ishaan Vincent)

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We think that Lady Macbeth holds the most blame for the murder of Duncan because while Macbeth suggested the idea she came up with the plan and made his offhand remark a reality

“But screw your courage to the sticking place/ And we’ll not fail … What cannot you and I perform upon/ Th’ unguarded Duncan? What not put upon/ His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt/ of our great quell?” (1.7. 70-82).

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Why the murder isn't in the play: James, Konstantin, Seth, Kouya

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Why the murder isn't in the play: James, Konstantin, Seth, Kouya

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I believe that the actual scene of the king being murdered was not included because the play does not focus on the actions of Macbeth, but rather on his development as a character and as a person through the events of his life. As well as the effects that murder had on his psyche with the hallucinations; “Thought I heard a voice cry “Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep” —the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath”(2.2. 47-50)

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Would Macbeth have done it without Lady Macbeths influence (Greg, Isaac, Brody, Lauren)

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Would Macbeth have done it without Lady Macbeths influence (Greg, Isaac, Brody, Lauren)

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Lady Macbeth's power is extremely influential and Macbeth would not have committed the murder without her. Her greediness and want for power overruled Macbeth’s own judgment and morality. Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth “Bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue. Look like th’ innocent flower, But be the serpent under ’t” Lady Macbeth orders Macbeth what to do.

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1. Macbeth holds the most blame for Duncan's murder. Despite Lady Macbeth’s urging, the act was his choice, driven by ambition and the witches’ prophecy. His hands, not hers, were stained with the blood from Duncan’s body. 'I am settled, and bend up each corporal agent to this terrible feat.' (1.7. 92-93)

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Identify lines in Act II that have the recurring image of "sleeping/dreaming"

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Who holds the most blame for the murder? Macbeth? Lady Macbeth? The witches? An external force (i.e. "fate", "ambition")

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Who holds the most blame for the murder? Macbeth? Lady Macbeth? The witches? An external force (i.e. "fate", "ambition")

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Support your idea with textual evidence.

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Why do you think the actual murder is not in the play?

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Why do you think the actual murder is not in the play?

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Identify lines that have the recurring image of "blood"

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Vivid imagery of "sleep/dreaming" (Kenzie, Aiko, Karina, Gianna)

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Vivid imagery of "sleep/dreaming" (Kenzie, Aiko, Karina, Gianna)

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“Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no more!/Macbeth does murder sleep’--the innocent sleep,/ Sleep that knits up the raveled sleeve of care,”’ (2.2 47-49)

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Do you think that Macbeth would have committed the murder without Lady Macbeth’s influence? Why/why not?

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Do you think that Macbeth would have committed the murder without Lady Macbeth’s influence? Why/why not?

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Support your idea with textual evidence

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“Still it cried, “Sleep no more!” to all the house.

“Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor

Shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more””

(Shakespeare 2.1 52-55).

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Symbols: Line with vivid imagery of “blood” Ishaan and Vincent

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Symbols: Line with vivid imagery of “blood” Ishaan and Vincent

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“I see thee still,/ And, on thy blade and dugeon, gouts of blood” (2.2 55-56).

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Do you think that Macbeth would have committed the murder without Lady Macbeth's influence? (Ishaan, Vincent)

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Do you think that Macbeth would have committed the murder without Lady Macbeth's influence? (Ishaan, Vincent)

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We think that the murder probably would not have happened without the intervention of Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth was the only one that did not doubt and was certain that they would kill Duncan without fail. She was the one who continued to push Macbeth to pursue the throne.

“But screw your courage to the sticking place/ And we’ll not fail … What cannot you and I perform upon/ Th’ unguarded Duncan? What not put upon/ His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt/ of our great quell?” (1.7. 70-82).

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Why do you think the actual murder is not in the play?(Sofia, Violet, Kaitlyn, Mailey)

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Why do you think the actual murder is not in the play?(Sofia, Violet, Kaitlyn, Mailey)

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We believe that the murder itself is not included in the play because it would shift the central focus to the assassination and death of King Duncan, rather than Macbeth’s internal conflict and fracturing mind. Leaving out the deed itself emphasizes the development and deterioration of his character, which may have been lost on the reader if they were distracted with a gory scene of death.

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Vivid Imagery of Sleep (Maia, Lena, Zach)

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Vivid Imagery of Sleep (Maia, Lena, Zach)

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“Still it cried, “Sleep no more!” to all the house.

“Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor

Shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more””

(Shakespeare 2.1 52-55).

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Why do you think the actual murder is not in the play? (Karina, Gianna, Aiko, & Kenzie)

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Why do you think the actual murder is not in the play? (Karina, Gianna, Aiko, & Kenzie)

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We think the actual murder is not in the play to create a degree of suspense. Initially Macbeth decides that “[they] will proceed no further in this business” (1.7.34). Later, just before Macbeth commits the deed, he suffers from a “heat-oppressed brain” (2.1.50). This mood of uncertainty and mental insanity before Duncan’s murder creates a question of whether or not Macbeth actually carried out the act, which continues when the play does not show the scene.

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Kenzie, Gianna, Aiko, Karina - What Would Macbeth Do Without His Wife?

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Kenzie, Gianna, Aiko, Karina - What Would Macbeth Do Without His Wife?

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Without the influence of Lady Macbeth, Macbeth probably wouldn’t have followed through with the murder. He was already hesitant and didn’t seem to want to do it until Lady Macbeth called him a coward and told him she’d follow through with her promises so he should do the same.

“Wouldst thou have that/which thou esteem’t the ornament of life/And live a coward in thine own esteem,/Letting “I dare” not wait upon “I would,”/Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage?” (2.7 45-49).

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A Line that uses vivid imagery to portray “sleep/dreaming”

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A Line that uses vivid imagery to portray “sleep/dreaming”

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"Methought I heard a voice cry, 'Sleep no more!

Macbeth does murder sleep', the innocent sleep,

Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care,

The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath,

Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,

Chief nourisher in life's feast."

(2.2. 47-52)

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Vivid Imagery of Blood (Maia, Lena, Zach)

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Vivid Imagery of Blood (Maia, Lena, Zach)

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“Whence is that knocking?

How is ’t with me when every noise appals me?

What hands are here? Ha! They pluck out mine eyes.

Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood

Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather

The multitudinous seas incarnadine,

Making the green one red”

(Shakespeare 2.1. 71-77).

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A Line that uses vivid imagery of “blood”

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A Line that uses vivid imagery of “blood”

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"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood

Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather

The multitudinous seas in incarnadine,

Making the green one red."

(2.2. 78-81)

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Lady Macbeth Influence: Konstantin, Kouya, Seth, James

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Lady Macbeth Influence: Konstantin, Kouya, Seth, James

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If not for Lady Macbeth’s influence, Macbeth’s fondness toward the king would have caused him not to commit the murder. After murdering King Duncan, Macbeth states that “this is a sorry sight.”

Lady Macbeth responds, “A foolish thought to say a sorry sight”(2.2. 28-29).  Macbeth’s empathy and Lady Macbeth’s response show his true ambitions and her effect on his actions.

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Why do you think murder the act was not shown in the play. (Ishaan Vincent)

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Why do you think murder the act was not shown in the play. (Ishaan Vincent)

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We believe that one of the reasons that Shakespear may have chosen to not include the actual murder in the play is so that this break in the story could display a major change in Macbeth’s demeanor. Macbeth goes from thinking about frantically killing Duncan, to feeling guilty and shaken from the deed that he just performed. Macbeth's attitude changed from "“I go and it is done, the bell invites me. Her it not, Duncan for it is a kneel/ That summons thee to heaven or to hell” (2.1. 75-77) to “I am afraid to think what I have done. Look on ‘t again I dare not (2.2. 66-67).

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Do you think that Macbeth would have committed the murder without Lady Macbeth's influence? Why/why not? (Maia, Lena, Zach)

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Do you think that Macbeth would have committed the murder without Lady Macbeth's influence? Why/why not? (Maia, Lena, Zach)

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I do not think Macbeth would have committed the murder without Lady Macbeth’s influence because while Macbeth seemed to be very unsure about the situation, Lady Macbeth was very determined and convincing when talking to her husband. She often guilted him into thinking that he wasn't “manly” saying “Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem” (1,7, 46-47).

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Who hold the most blame for the murder? - Mailey, Kaitlyn, Violet, Sofia

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Who hold the most blame for the murder? - Mailey, Kaitlyn, Violet, Sofia

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In the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, protagonist Macbeth holds the most blame for the murder. Although it is doubtful he would have followed through with the deed without the influence of Lady Macbeth, he ignited the idea, fixing the fateful vision in their minds.

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Symbol: blood (Violet, Mailey, Sofia, Kaitlyn)

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Symbol: blood (Violet, Mailey, Sofia, Kaitlyn)

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As he becomes closer to the door of King Duncan’s room, he hallucinates “thy blade and dungeon, gouts of blood/ Which was not so before” (2.1. 58-59), once again reinforcing his internal struggle.

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Who holds the most blame (Lena, Maia, Zach)

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Who holds the most blame (Lena, Maia, Zach)

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I think that Lady Macbeth holds the most blame for the murder because Macbeth had a moment of reluctance, and told her that he did not want to go through with her plan to kill the king. When she heard this, she belittled him, calling him cowardly and unmanly. Lady Macbeth is much more determined than Macbeth himself to kill the king – she is much more cold-blooded and heartless.

“What beast was’t, then, that made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man.”

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Blood imagery(Karina, Kenzie, Aiko, Gianna)

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Blood imagery(Karina, Kenzie, Aiko, Gianna)

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“There’s daggers in men’s smiles. The near in blood, The nearer bloody” (2.4. 165).

“His silver skin laced with his golden blood, and his gashed stabs looked like a breach in nature”(2.3. 130).

“Their hands and faces were all badged with blood./So were their daggers, which unwiped we found/Upon their pillows.”(2.3 120-122)

“Why did you bring these daggers from the place?/They must lie there. Go, carry them and smear/The sleepy grooms with blood.”(2.2 62-64)

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Why do you think the actual murder is not in the play? (Maia, Lena, Zach)

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Why do you think the actual murder is not in the play? (Maia, Lena, Zach)

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I think Shakespeare chose not to include the actual murder in the play to build suspense and mystery in the murder, as well as to emphasize Macbeth’s hallucinations. After Macbeth murders Duncan, he hurriedly tries to explain what happened in the room, but can’t tell if it’s real.

“Methought I heard a voice cry, “Sleep no more!

Macbeth does murder sleep”—the innocent sleep,

Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care,

The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath,

Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course,

Chief nourisher in life’s feast”

(Shakespeare 2.1. 45-50).

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Murder Responsibility: Konstantin, Seth, James, Kouya

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Murder Responsibility: Konstantin, Seth, James, Kouya

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The witches are most to blame for the murder because if they had not told Macbeth and Banquo that Macbeth would become king, that idea would not have even been placed in their heads, and they would not thought about doing anything to the current king; “I dreamt last night of the three Weïrd Sisters./To you, they have shown some truth.” (2.1 25-26)

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Who holds most blame (Kairna, Gianna, Aiko, Kenzie)

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Who holds most blame (Kairna, Gianna, Aiko, Kenzie)

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Lady Macbeth holds the most blame for the murder because she had the most influence over whether or not it would actually happen, as she was the one that planned everything, persuaded Macbeth to do it, and her hunger for power seemed to be the main driving force behind the murder.

This is shown when Lady Macbeth is trying to convince Macbeth to continue with their plans. She is encouraging him and seems to be taking control of the situation when she says, “But screw your courage to the sticking place And we’ll not fail. When Duncan is asleep [. . .] his two chamberlains will I with wine and wassail so convince that memory, the warder of the brain shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason a limbeck only” (1.7. 70-78).

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Symbols: sleep/dreaming (Sofia, Violet, Mailey, Kaitlyn)

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Symbols: sleep/dreaming (Sofia, Violet, Mailey, Kaitlyn)

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While Macbeth contemplates the killing of King Duncan he soliloquies, “nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse/The curtained sleep” (2.1. 62-63). This suggests the internal conflict that Macbeth endures. As he becomes closer to the door of King Duncan’s room, he hallucinates “thy blade and dungeon, gouts of blood/ Which was not so before” (2.1. 58-59), once again reinforcing his internal struggle.

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Symbols: sleep/dreaming (Vincent + Ishaan) 

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Symbols: sleep/dreaming (Vincent + Ishaan) 

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“The innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the raveled sleeve of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, Chief nourisher in life’s feast” (2.2. 47-52).