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Darkness The Evil In Macbeth

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  In our society, darkness tends t be the primary characteristic of evil. A black cat, a dark and stormy night, and a dark alley, for instance, are all modern day symbols of wickedness and evil. Authors many times will use these and other symbols to describe an evil character or setting. In his play, Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the dramatic imagery of darkness to bring an atmosphere of evil to the reader. He uses dark images often to describe instruments of disorder and the evils that characters act upon. Evil is present throughout the play, at a time when there is no light, and Scotland is covered by a shadow of darkness.
       In Macbeth the witches are a prime source of darkness. First of all, the place and time of the witches' meetings take on the feeling of darkness. The only times of their meetings are in the middle of the night, and often in terrible conditions of thunder and lightning. The witches meet in a dark cave...