Use Of Imagery In Macbeth

Imagine a world where one would not be able to visualize a story. A life where one could not imagine what the several outcomes of a tale could be. It sounds contradicting to imagine a world where one cannot visualize anything, but the thought itself is quite terrifying. Imagery has been used for several years, and will continue to be used for entertainment purposes. Shakespeare however, has allowed people to visualize many scenarios, and improve their imaginations through the use of imagery in his plays and poetry.

The use of nature imagery in Macbeth has given the audience a sense of eeriness, and fear since all references to nature being mentioned are references towards darkness or the supernatural. In the very first act of the play, an

People believe that talking to the supernatural is better than talking to an angel as their wishes will be fulfilled much faster. In act one, Lady Macbeth shows no fear when she summons the supernatural to make everything dark to cover the sky so heaven cannot watch her fulfill her horrible plans to kill Duncan with Macbeth. “Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, that my keen knife see not the wound it makes not the heaven peep through the blanket of the dark to cry ‘Hold, hold’”. (1.5.50-54). Even if she is fulfilling terrible deeds, and she is not afraid to do them, she is still afraid of God watching her proceed with these plans. When referencing to heaven, people incorporate the sky, angels, God and the sun. When evil is near, everything becomes dark, eerie, and gloomy. So when Banquo arrives with his son Fleance, he mentions that not a single star is to be seen in the sky. “There’s husbandry in heaven, their candles are all out”. (2.1.4-5). This shows pathetic fallacy since Duncan has passed, the people of the town’s only link to God has been killed as Duncan was considered to be God’s representative on Earth as