Imagery Assignment

1. Darkness
In Macbeth, one of the types of imagery Shakespeare uses is the element of darkness. For every important, climactic, or remarkable part of this play, the scene is set to take place at night or in a dark and ignored place. All of the following events of the play take place at night and are reference to darkness: the vision of the dagger, the murder of Duncan, the murder of Banquo, and Lady Macbeth's sleep-walking.
The vision of the dagger takes place at night and in a darkened hall. Macbeth sees a dagger floating in the air in front of him with the handle towards him and the tip pointing towards Duncan. The handle is bloody and Macbeth cannot grasp the handle. This refers to darkness because it shows an evil and dark event happening at night. In this case the imagery is used to foreshadow events and establishes the atmosphere such as the evil of murder and the murder of Duncan.
The murder of Duncan occurs right after Macbeth imagines the......

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