Use Of Imagery In Macbeth

In my Macbeth final project I chose to highlight Shakespeare’s use of imagery in the novel through an essay. In order to truly understand the characters and the story as a whole the reader must acknowledge the copious amount of imagery seen in Macbeth. My essay served the purpose of emphasizing this imagery and breaking it down to a point where it can easily be interpreted and understood. Through textual evidence and in depth analysis I was able to manipulate Shakespeare’s sophisticated use of imagery to create clear and thoughtful explanation of his work. I first focused on Shakespeare's imagery of darkness, which represents the death and evil that is seen throughout the novel. In order to convey this abstract interpretation of the use of darkness throughout the novel, I chose to feature several circumstances in the novel that shared similar uses of this darkness. For example, I talked about the murders of Banquo and Duncan, both of which occurred under the cover of darkness. Based on this it becomes more clear to the reader that this darkness represents something more than simply a dark setting. In

In an effort to portray this concept I chose to once again take instances from the story to proves Shakespeare’s imagery of blood. This use of imagery also gives the reader a detailed understanding of the emotions of characters in the story. Lady Macbeth is one character in specific that the reader learns a lot about through this imagery. Due to this I chose to incorporate text evidence from a scene where she begins to feel guilty simply because of the sight of blood. Including occurrences like this that show the feelings of the characters are extremely important, as the reader is able to fully understand that concept the the story. For this reason I chose to exemplify instances where blood brings out the true emotions of the characters for the readers