macbeth imagery essay
Macbeth Essay- Prompt 39
Dating back to 1606 when William Shakespeare first wrote the play of Macbeth, there were not many props nor stage effects. Imagery and Symbolism were very heavily relied of by all the members of the audience and cast members to understand the play to the best of their knowledge. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, there is a series of repetitive Imagery, which assists the audience on understanding, and getting better concepts of the play. Shakespeare's plethora of Imagery use in Macbeth, which include; the use of light and dark, the unnatural, and Blood are very important to help amplify the main themes of the play to their best extent. The use of Imagery in Macbeth is heavily relied on to strengthen the main themes.
The themes which are dark and light in this play stand for metaphors for evil and life. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is filled with violence and evil, and therefore the Lions share of the play was in darkness, and a very small portion was associated with light. Since the majority of the play was set in darkness, it always foreshadowed on what was about to happen, and also helps the theme of evil because the whole atmosphere of the play is dark. There were only a few times where light was referenced in the play, and it was when King Macbeth was talking about the death of his wife, Lady Macbeth, “She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle, life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” (V, V, page 92-93).
That quote from Macbeth helps strengthen the theme of light, by using a candle light going out as a metaphor for Lady Macbeth's life going away.
Lady
Dating back to 1606 when William Shakespeare first wrote the play of Macbeth, there were not many props nor stage effects. Imagery and Symbolism were very heavily relied of by all the members of the audience and cast members to understand the play to the best of their knowledge. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, there is a series of repetitive Imagery, which assists the audience on understanding, and getting better concepts of the play. Shakespeare's plethora of Imagery use in Macbeth, which include; the use of light and dark, the unnatural, and Blood are very important to help amplify the main themes of the play to their best extent. The use of Imagery in Macbeth is heavily relied on to strengthen the main themes.
The themes which are dark and light in this play stand for metaphors for evil and life. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is filled with violence and evil, and therefore the Lions share of the play was in darkness, and a very small portion was associated with light. Since the majority of the play was set in darkness, it always foreshadowed on what was about to happen, and also helps the theme of evil because the whole atmosphere of the play is dark. There were only a few times where light was referenced in the play, and it was when King Macbeth was talking about the death of his wife, Lady Macbeth, “She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle, life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” (V, V, page 92-93).
That quote from Macbeth helps strengthen the theme of light, by using a candle light going out as a metaphor for Lady Macbeth's life going away.
Lady