macbeth
Shakespeare uses imagery in all of his plays. In thetragedy Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the element darkness tomake an image of evil and wickedness. Darkness is oftenseen as an image of evil, wicked and negative. Darkness isa tool that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth use to lead them bothcreate evil acts. The three witches first bring darkness inthe play. At first darkness is simply portrayed as ablanket to cover up a bad deed when needed. As the playprogresses, darkness evolves into a personality that hauntsMacbeth and Lady Macbeth(Choksi, 1). This change can beseen in the deeds of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth throughout the The conflict with Macbeth begins when he meets thethree witches who tell him a prophecy that bothers his mind.They tell him that he will soon be the Thane of Cawdor andthen the King of Scotland. They Say; "All hail, Macbeth!Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!; All hail, Macbeth! Hail tothee, Thane of Cawdor!; All hail, Macbeth, that shalt beKing hereafter!" (I.iii.48-50). This scene takes place indarkness, and it is the first time darkness is used. Thereis thunder, and therefore there are gray clouds and it isdark. With the combination of the witches and the darkness,
The third murdererrefers to Banquo as the light(Choksi, 2): "Who did strikeout the light" (III. It is murder, plain, simple anddark,"a borrower of the night" (III. All this leads to the conclusion that Macbeth now lives inthe dark, and he sees everything as night. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. Before Duncan is killed, when Macbeth and Lady Macbethneeded to kill Duncan, they called upon darkness becausethey needed it. "Darkness changed as first being simplya tool for ones evil usage, secondly being an addictive"drug" that the user uses all the time, and thirdly becominga virus that plagues one's mind and changes his whole mindinto a more ruthless mind. Darkness is somewhatturning into a part of Macbeth. There is no otherthought in Macbeth's head. In otherwords, he is asking for darkness to hide his evil desires. He also says:"Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, whilesnight's black agents to their preys do rouse"(III.
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