William Shakespear used imagery many times in the play Macbeth. Clothing, darkness and blood are four major sources of Imagery. Clothing is meant to show what a person has earned,darkenss is meant to symbolize evil, animals show what is natural and blood stands for death.

Clothing is used to suggest that throughout the play, Macbeth is trying to hide his "disgraceful self" from everyone, including himself. He is wanting to hide how he really is(a bad guy) and make people see him as a good guy. Macbeth considers his clothing honors, because being Thane of Cawdor and Thane of Glamis, are both very prestigious titles. He is wearing an "undeserved dignity." It is undeserved, because Macbeth did not earn the titles, they were both given to him. Macbeth is uncomfortable in them because he is always aware of the fact that they do not belong to him. "New honours come upon him,

Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould, But

witches, the guilt in Macbeth's soul, and the darkness of the night to set the mood. The scenes that are most notable take place at night or in some kind of dark spot. Such as the vision of the dagger, the murder of Duncan, the murder of Banquo, and Lady Macbeth's sleep-walking, when Banquo rides home to meet his killers, the owl screaming and the Falcon being killed by the owl, which all happen at night, when it is dark. The darkness symbolizes many things. First, it stands for the death and evil in the play. The darkness is supposed to show how all of the horrible things that occur in the night could be blocked out. They thought that if they did it at night, no one would see or pay that much attention, so they would not feel as much guilt about the murders. It also shows how Lady Macbeth is afraid of the dark, she thinks that darkness is the place of torment.In the whole drama, the sun seems to shine only twice. It shines first in the lines when Duncan sees the swallows flirting round the castle of death. Then, it shines at the end when the avenging army gathers to rid the earth of its shame. Darkness, is used to establish the evil parts of the play, and sunshine is used to establish victory or goodness in it.

"It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman, which gives the stern'st good-night." In Act 2, scene 2, The step that Macbeth is taking goes against the rules of nature, and when this happens, animals and weather erupt. The owl is a bellman because, according to superstition, an owl hooting foretells death. He is fatal, be

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