Words and Imagery in Macbeth
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First Lady Macbeth calls on night and darkness to assist her scheme against Duncan. Secondly, Macbeth returns after killing Duncan, his speech is full of dark imagery. Lastly, Banquo gets suspicious about Macbeth, then he hires people to kill Banquo. As Macbeth plans the murder of Banquo he uses imagery to express the evil scheme.
Lady Macbeth calls on the night of evil spirits before her husbands arrives using some outstanding imagery. She said:
"That no compunctious visitings of nature
Come thick night,
And pall tree in the dunnest smoke of hell, through the blanket of the dark
To cry 'Hold! Hold!'"
he word smoke of hell gives us an evil mental picture of the way she acts and what her behavior is like. Secondly Macbeth went out to kill Duncan and he talks to Banquo and make up stories so Banquo doesn't know about his plan. Shakespeare uses many powerful images to portray the violence that is on the verge of occurring throughout the entire play...