Should we pity Macbeth and Lady Macbeth or praise their deaths? Shakespeare's play Macbeth is about a noble man named Macbeth who experiences a tragic downfall. Macbeth kills the current king, his best friend, and Macduff's family because he is greedy and aspires to be king; and he is influenced by Lady Macbeth and three witches. Eventually, Macduff defeats the tyrant Macbeth and Malcolm, the king's son, becomes king of Scotland. Shakespeare uses the motifs of hands, blood, and water in Macbeth to emphasize the character's cruel nature, while also reinforcing the sympathy the reader feels for them. By using the motif of hands, Shakespeare emphasizes how violent Macbeth's actions are and how ashamed he is. After Macbeth learns that Malcolm will be the next king, he says to himself, “Stars, hide your fires; / Let not the light see my dark and deep desires: / The eye winks; but let it be so, / What the eye fears to see, when finished,” (I.iv.50-53). Macbeth is ashamed and petrified of killing the king, so he does not want to think about it or see himself committing the crime. The reader sympathizes with him because by not wishing to see him, Macbeth shows that he is not a bad man. Yet, after Macduff goes to England, Macbeth says, “from this time / The very firstborn of my heart shall be / The firstborn of my hand” (IV.i.146-148). By this, Macbeth means that he will no longer think about the consequences of his actions, he will simply do them. This shows how violent and ruthless Macbeth has become and makes the reader forget the good deeds Macbeth has done. The hands pattern shows how one can become evil, even if the hands are evil. "The person is first good. Using the repetitive motif of blood, Shakespeare shows that guilt... middle of paper... be clean?" (Vi32-40) Murder happened to Lady and now she understands that she can't get away with it. We feel pity and compassion for Lady Macbeth because she realizes how heartless her actions were. The water motif expresses that guilt and regret can never be. be erased, even when all evidence of the action is erased. The motifs of water, blood and hands play an important role in the play Macbeth. They symbolize and highlight the regret and brutal attitudes of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Blood. Water and hands help create sympathy and pity for them. They can also create regret and guilt in Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The motif of blood and hands also emphasizes the inhumanity of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth's actions. Shakespeare shows how, even when all evidence is gone, the memories of the act remain with the person forever.