Should we pity Macbeth and Lady Macbeth or praise their deaths? Shakespeare's play Macbeth is about a noble man named Macbeth who has a tragic downfall. Macbeth kills the current king, his best friend, and Macduff's family because he is greedy and wishes to become king; and is influenced by Lady Macbeth and three witches. In the end, 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 cruel nature of the characters, but at the same time increase the sympathy the reader feels for them. By using the motif of hands Shakespeare highlights 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 the light not see my black and deep desires: / The eye winks at the hand; yet let that be, / What the eye fears, when it is finished, to see” (I.iv.50-53). Macbeth is ashamed and petrified of killing the king, so he doesn't want to think about it or see himself commit the crime. The reader sympathizes with him because, by not wanting to see him, Macbeth proves that he is not an evil man. Yet, after Macduff goes to England, Macbeth says, “from this time / The 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 just do them. This shows how violent and ruthless Macbeth has become and makes the reader forget the good deeds Macbeth has done the person is first and foremost good. By using the repetitive motif of blood Shakespeare shows that the guilt...the center of the paper...is it clean?" (Vi32-40). The murder has gotten to Lady and now she realizes she cannot get over it. One feels pity and compassion for Lady Macbeth because she realizes how merciless her actions have been erased, even when all evidence of the action is washed away The motifs of water, blood and hands create an important role in the play Macbeth. They symbolize and highlight regret and brutal attitudes in Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Blood are all part of creating sympathy and pity for them. They can also create remorse and guilt in Macbeth and Lady Macbeth The reason of blood and hands also highlights the inhumanity in Lady Macbeth's actions and Macbeth motifs Shakespeare shows how, even when all evidence is gone, the memories of the act remain with the person forever.