Blood stains on the once pure soul can never be cleansed. As the illusion of blood seeps through the pierced heart, the guilty conscience accumulates the state of mind that justifies the blood shed by the urge to exterminate those who interfere with their “destined” destiny. In William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, the witches' prophecies force Macbeth to believe it is plausible, so Macbeth plots a plan by executing those who hold him back from his quest for power, which ultimately ends in his inevitable death, leaving him scarred alone from his guilty conscience. Therefore, Shakespeare uses the motif of blood to expose the guilt of the characters within the play by metaphorically staining their minds with the explosion of blood that pours through their natural state of being, leaving behind a permanent scar of guilt, causing the outbreak of madness. .By committing such a horrendous crime, Macbeth's shameful heart will bleed endlessly from the wounds of immense guilt, leaving his sin unjustifiable. After Duncan's murder, Macbeth is filled with remorse because of his sinful action, so he expressed his guilt by saying: “Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood from my hand? No, this hand of mine will prefer to embody the many seas, making the green red" (II, ii, 78-81). With the blood that Macbeth has shed from his filthy hands, he trusts that not even all the water of the Mediterranean Sea can wash away the fresh blood he has shed, not to mention Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, cannot exculpate the stained blood blood, but instead it will spread, contaminating the entire sea, coloring it red. For this reason Macbeth's guilt is unjustifiable because not even a God can...... middle of paper ......consume what is supposed to purify one's sin, since not even the sweetest perfume can spray away the smell of the blood, but rather the smell of the blood will consume the sweet aroma, similar to how the blood that has been shed will spread, contaminating the entire green sea. The red symbolizes Lady Macbeth and Macbeth's unbreakable guilt that will haunt them forever. Overall, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's quest for power caused them to bear the bloody crown of guilt that led to their inevitable deaths. From their bloody hands dripping blood, to their subconscious guilt trying to be disclosed, Shakespeare uses the motif of blood to expose the guilt of the characters within the play by metaphorically staining their minds with the explosion of blood that it flows out through their natural state of life. be, leaving behind a permanent scar of guilt, resulting in the outbreak of madness.