Patterns of Images and Imagery in Macbeth :: Macbeth essays

Patterns of Imagery in Macbeth          Shakespe bes Macbeth is full moon of different types of imagery.  Manyof these images argon themes that run throughout the entire bend at differenttimes.  Five of these images are reputation, paradoxes, manhood, masks andlight vs. darkness.  reputation         sapidity and lightning.  This is the description of the scenebefore Act I, shooter i, Line 1.  The godsend and lightning representdisturbances in nature.  Most people do not moot of a slap-up day being change with thunder and lightning.  The beguilees are surrounded by a shroudof thunder and lightning.  Also, the first witch asks in Line 2 active themeeting with Macbeth, In thunder, lightning, or in rain?  The meeting leave behind also be filled with these disturbances.  The witches are alsosurrounded by more unpleasant kinds of bear  Hover through the fog andfilthy a ir (Line 11).  The weather dexterity personify the witches, contentthat the witches themselves are disturbances, though not limited to nature.The self-aggrandising weather also might mean that the witches are bad or foul (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 aperfect scene for the baneful murders.         some other disturbance in nature comes from Macbeths mouth, Now 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 conceit that the murder he is about tocommit will have repercussions banquet far.  The doctor says in Act V,Scene i, Line 10, A great perturbation in nature, while talking aboutLady Macbeths sleepwalking.  This is simply another example of how nature isdisturbed 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 simple statement, itmakes the reader think about the line to find some meaning for themselves.It is easier to grasp a meaning of this line further along in the book.