You have asked multiple questions. I shall answer only
the first one.
The purpose of the bleeding solider is to
give a picture of Macbeth, the warrior and battle commander to the audience even before
we actually meet him. We have just heard his name from the three
witches.
He gives us two important pieces of information.
We know that he tried to help Malcolm and secondly that "brave Macbeth" successfully
defeat MacDonald but it was a fierce battle.
For brave Macbeth--well he deserves that
name!--
Disdaining fortune, with his brandished
steel
Which smoked with bloody
execution,
Like valour's
minion
Carved out his passage til he faced the
slave,
Which ne'er shook hands nor bade farewell to
him
Till he unseamed him from the nave to the
chops.
And fixed his head upon our
battlements.
This is a fairly
graphic description of Macbeth in battle. He is fearless and relentless. He "unseamed"
Macdonald. Enough said.
Shakespeare has thus planted the
seed.
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