William Shakespeare once said, “For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee
bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.” Deception plays a big part in
the play Macbeth. The play is about a king who is murdered by one of his most
trusted men trying to gain power. During the play Shakespeare heightens the
mood by using various accounts of imagery. The blood and night imagery that
Shakespeare uses adds to the evil, darkness and deception surrounding the
play.
Night has a role of great importance during the play. Lady Macbeth beckons,
“Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen
knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the
dark, To cry "Hold, hold!" Without the obscurity of night, she would not have
urged Macbeth to kill the king as she did. The night, however, gives her the
impression that Macbeth can indeed kill King Duncan with no one uncovering his
contemptible crime, the same idea......
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