Shakespeare uses the witches, the guilt in Macbeth's soul, and the darkness of thenight to establish the atmosphere. The immoral scenes of the play seem to take place atnight. For instance, the vision of the dagger, the murder of Duncan, the murder ofBanquo, and Lady Macbeth's sleep walking. In the opening scene the witches set themood of the play. A great storm of thunder and lightning is taking place one of the witchesask "When shall we meet again?" One replies " That will be ere set of sun." This isforeshadowing the evil that takes place in the night. Another example of evil and the darkis on pg. 123 Act I scene iv when Macbeth states "Stars, hide your fires; Let not light seemy black and deep desires." In this quote you can capture Macbeth's first step towardsevil. The final form of imagery in Macbeth is clothing. Clothing is used to represent theambition of Macbeth. The first perception of this ambition is evident on pg. 121 Act Iscene iv when Banquo states " New honors came upon him, Like our strange garments,cleave not to their mold but with the aid of use." Banguo is simply saying that new clothesdon't just fit your body, they have to become accustoms to you. Another reference ofclothing is on pg. 127 Act I scene vii Macbeth states "We will proceed no further in thisbusiness: He hath honored me of late, and I have brought. Golden opinions from all sortsof people, which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon." Herehe is comparing being recently named Thane of Cawdor to a new set of clothes. Hebelieves that he is not ready to be king, and thus not ready for a new set of clothes.As you have seen imagery plays an important role in Macbeth. One can see thisthrough the images of blood, light and darkness, and clothing. It was Macbeth's ambitionthat lead to his downfall, he was just not fit to be king, this was shown through clothing.Darkness represented evil and deceit. Blood, the most dominant symbol in the ...
