Patterns of Images and Imagery in Macbeth :: Macbeth essays

Patterns of Imagery in Macbeth          Shakespe bes Macbeth is full of different types of imagery.  Manyof these images are themes that draw and quarter throughout the entire play at differenttimes.  Five of these images are nature, paradoxes, manhood, masks andlight vs. darkness. Nature         Thunder and lightning.  This is the description of the scenebefore subroutine I, barb i, Line 1.  The thunder and lightning representdisturbances in nature.  Most heap do not think of a great day befilled with thunder and lightning.  The witches are surrounded by a envelopof thunder and lightning.  Also, the first witch asks in Line 2 near themeeting with Macbeth, In thunder, lightning, or in rain?  The meeting get out also be filled with these disturbances.  The witches are alsosurrounded by more unpleasant kinds of weather  Hover through the fog and black air (Line 11).& nbsp The weather mogul personify the witches, call upingthat the witches themselves are disturbances, though not limited to nature.The bad weather also skill mean that the witches are bad or noxious (filthyair) creatures.         In Act II, Scene i, it is a dark night. Fleance says, The moon isdown (Line 2), and Banquo says, Their (Heavens) candles are all out(there are no stars in the sky). (Line 5)  Darkness evokes feelings ofevilness, of a disturbance in nature on this fateful night.  It creates a unblemished scene for the baneful murders.         Another disturbance in nature comes from Macbeths mouth, straight off oerthe one half-world / Nature seems dead (Lines 49 - 50).  This statementmight mean that everywhere he looks, the world seems dead (there is nohope).  It might also give him the idea that the murder he is about to believe will have repercussions spreading far.  The doctor says in Act V,Scene i, Line 10, A great perturbation in nature, while talk aboutLady Macbeths sleepwalking.  This is just some other example of how nature is dotty by human doings, placing emphases on mankind (following theHumanistic philosophy). The Paradox         The witches chorus on Act I, Scene i, Line 10 Fair is foul, andfoul is fair, is a paradox.  It is also a prophecy, where one thing seemslike another (the characters of the play), or about how things will changethrough the story (again the characters).  being so early in the play, itis a good grabber for the reader.  Since it isnt a frank statement, itmakes the reader think about the line to find some center for themselves.It is easier to grasp a meaning of this line further along in the book.