Macbeth is a play that depicts the rise and fall of a man. Macbeth, a faithful servant of the king, has the idea of ​​dethroning the king from the mischievous witches. The idea of ​​becoming king ends up being the beginning of his downfall after his brief rise. In Shakespeare's tragedy of Macbeth, the meaning of blood changes from being used to describe a person as heroic and virile, to being mad, and then to being bloodthirsty and evil. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is described as a heroic and manly person due to his actions which resulted in a large amount of blood. A captain under King Duncan's rule describes Macbeth's action in his soliloquy: "For brave Macbeth - well, he deserves that name - scorning fortune, with his steel brandished, smoking with bloody execution, like the servant of the valor dug his passage till he faced the slave; who never shook his hand, nor bade him farewell, till he unstitched him from the nave to the ankles, and fixed his head upon our battlements" (1.2.16 - 23) . The captain describes Macbeth as "brave" for the way he executed the enemy. Macbeth "never shook his hand, nor forbade him farewell," or, in other words, he did not hesitate to kill his enemy. This action, although it may seem cruel to the victim, is praised as heroic by the king. To King Duncan it meant that this man, Macbeth, was loyal and honorable by bringing home the victory. Macbeth, in this first moment of the play, is portrayed as a heroic and good man. In the Middle Ages, men were dominant over women. In order for difficult-to-complete actions to be performed correctly, they had to be performed by a man. Lady Macbeth wanted her husband to take charge. She couldn't do it alone because... middle of paper... the ective describing Macbeth is horrible. For example, the fact that Macbeth is bloodthirsty means that he is bloodthirsty and is willing to kill anyone who gets in his way. Macbeth has become the opposite of what he was. He is much more confident and fearless as he says, “Don't bring me any more reports. Let them all fly. / Until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane / I cannot defile with fear” (5.3.1 - 3). He is not afraid of anything that might happen. This willingness to do what it takes and his fearless actions make Macbeth evil. Macbeth's rise and fall parallel the meaning of blood. Initially seen as heroic, Macbeth quickly becomes mad before turning evil. Blood flows throughout the body; it is not seen until someone exposes it. Macbeth's true personality is exposed after all, he kills all these people. In other words, Macbeth can be shortened to one word, blood.