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For my collage, the background is splattered blood because of all of the blood shed because of Macbeth's quest to become king and maintain being king. The first picture is a person caring "heavy guilt", I chose this image because it is what haunts the Macbeth's for the remainder of the play after the major deaths that they caused. Duncan's death haunted Lady Macbeth till the very end, her hallucinations are a prime example. She continued to wash her hands because she still felt that there was blood on the palms of her hand. My next image is a crown, this is what everyone is after. Every wants power and to rule. It is everyone's motivation throughout the play, causing most of their ambitious acts. My next image was someone getting stabbed in the back, I thought that this was a very important image to include because it's essentially what Macbeth does throughout the play. Almost everyone he is supposed to be loyal to, he kills either directly or indirectly all for the throne. This also showed Macbeth's priorities in life, and how his ambition is unstoppable. His is willing to betray a friend for power. My next image is a bloody dagger. This is one of the more significant images, it is what the whole play revolves around. It seems as though in order to get what you want in life, you must kill, blood must be shed. My next image is a woman holding her baby upside down. I relate this image back to when Lady Macbeth was convincing Macbeth to follow through with the murder of Duncan. She said that she would not go back on her word, even if it were to kill her own offspring while she was breast feeding it. Lady Macbeth was one of the stronger characters throughout the play. The next image is hands holding puppet strings attached to the word manipulation. Lady Macbeth manipulated Macbeth into Duncan's death. Macbeth's conscious was telling him not to before and Lady Macbeth told him he would be much less of a man for going back on his word and not carrying through with the plan. This leads into the next image of gender stereotypes being switched. Typically you would see the boy playing with a truck and a girl with the dolls. In Macbeth we see Lady Macbeth questioning the validity of Macbeth's masculinity. She has the image of a man being unmerciful and full of ambition, stopping at nothing to achieve their wants. These characteristics are more prominent in Lady Macbeth then Macbeth to begin with. She seems to be much more masculine than her husband.