g. He so badly wants to become the king that he
             finally takes a man's life for it, eternally condemning him in the eyes of God.
             What Macbeth was not aware of, was that even though he was the most
             important man in Scotland, the evil he had caused in Scotland was so great that it
             would cause the holy position to be looked at as a curse. Just as people can be
             foul and fair, so too can be nonliving things.
             One of the reasons that Macbeth is still popular today is because of its
             universal themes such as "Nothing is but what is not." This great theme still
             applies to life in the twenty- first century. There are many evil people who are
             looked up to, and many lonely or unpleasant jobs or positions that people desire
             because they do not see the real substance behind the attractive "gold" covering.
             Throughout Macbeth, Shakespeare uses different forms of imagery to add
             to the effectiveness of the characters' actions in the play. Specifically though, I
             feel that the supernatural usage of imagery is the most effective form that
             Shakespeare used. The supernatural imagery told us a great deal about the
             personal troubles that the characters were dealing with.
             The first example in the play comes when Macbeth is visited by the bloody
             knife in his soliloquy. The fact that the knife had blood on it and the was pointed
             toward Macbeth did a great deal in foreshadowing the upcoming events. This
             hallucination came at a time when Macbeth was having a rough time deciding
             whether or not he would in fact take the life and the throne of Duncan. I feel that
             the bloody knife was Macbeth's will and desire for the throne of Scotland giving
             hem the last nudge he needed to push him to become a murderer. The blood on
             the knife was of course the soon to be slain Duncan, and the fact that the knife
             was right in front of him, easily accessible f
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