ACT I (15 points)
DARKNESS
1. In act I, scene 3, Banquo refers to “...the instruments of darkness tell us truths…”; the darkness here refers to the agents of evil, who sometimes tell us little truths to earn our trust, and later betray us when it is most vital.
2. In act 1, scene 5, Lady Macbeth wishes to kill Duncan, and says “my keen knife see not the wound it makes,/ Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark/To cry “Hold, hold!”. She wishes for the night, as she thinks that the darkness will cover her mistakes, so no one else will see. The darkness in this scene acts as a cloak of invisibility where Lady Macbeth thinks that she can do anything without being seen.
BLOOD
1. In act 1, scene 5 Lady Macbeth wishes ,“Make thick my …show more content…
In act 1, scene 7, Macbeth says, “When we have marked with blood those sleepy two/ Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,/ That they have done ’t?”. He plans on killing Duncan, and framing it on the servants. By covering the servants with Duncan 's blood, he then pins re heinous crime in those two innocent men. This is truly the start of Macbeth 's reign of terror. These ideas of murder and deceit followed him throughout the entire play, and only grew greater as the play endured.
ACT II (15 points)
DARKNESS
In act 2, scene 4 Ross says, “Is ’t night’s predominance or the day’s shame/ That darkness does the face of Earth entomb/ When living light should kiss it?". Essentially he is saying that the darkness is becoming greater and the lightness of the world is lessening. Here darkness represents sins, more specifically murder, and light represents good acts and general kindness. This passage serves as foreshadowing as well because this statement comes to ring even more true as the play continues on.
2. In act 2, scene 1 Banquo tells Fleance “Hold, take my sword. There’s husbandry in heaven;
Their candles are all out”. By referring to darkness as controlled by a heavenly force Banquo makes it clear that whatever is going to happen is out of his hands. The imagery that candles provides seems like an instantaneous switch: one minute there was light, the next there was darkness and …show more content…
Darkness is often seen as scary, a means to hide, and a pause in time, allowing for many things to go unnoticed. The entire premise of Macbeth involves deceit, murder, and a power struggle that could slay even the strongest of leaders. In order for there to be so much rivalry and chaos, deceit must play an important role. In order for deceit and trickery to take place there needs to be a disguise, or else everything would fall apart; this disguise is darkness. In the night one can not see what they are doing clearly, so perspective seems to change. Blood also plays and important role in this play because by nature it is a tragedy, and like any tragedy there is bound to be deaths. Blood is not only used within the literal sense, but extends to serve as a reminder of what characters have done. I believe that these two themes are so prominently used within Shakespeare 's writings because they are relevant within his pieces. Tragedy equates to blood and deceit equates to a veil of
DARKNESS
1. In act I, scene 3, Banquo refers to “...the instruments of darkness tell us truths…”; the darkness here refers to the agents of evil, who sometimes tell us little truths to earn our trust, and later betray us when it is most vital.
2. In act 1, scene 5, Lady Macbeth wishes to kill Duncan, and says “my keen knife see not the wound it makes,/ Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark/To cry “Hold, hold!”. She wishes for the night, as she thinks that the darkness will cover her mistakes, so no one else will see. The darkness in this scene acts as a cloak of invisibility where Lady Macbeth thinks that she can do anything without being seen.
BLOOD
1. In act 1, scene 5 Lady Macbeth wishes ,“Make thick my …show more content…
In act 1, scene 7, Macbeth says, “When we have marked with blood those sleepy two/ Of his own chamber and used their very daggers,/ That they have done ’t?”. He plans on killing Duncan, and framing it on the servants. By covering the servants with Duncan 's blood, he then pins re heinous crime in those two innocent men. This is truly the start of Macbeth 's reign of terror. These ideas of murder and deceit followed him throughout the entire play, and only grew greater as the play endured.
ACT II (15 points)
DARKNESS
In act 2, scene 4 Ross says, “Is ’t night’s predominance or the day’s shame/ That darkness does the face of Earth entomb/ When living light should kiss it?". Essentially he is saying that the darkness is becoming greater and the lightness of the world is lessening. Here darkness represents sins, more specifically murder, and light represents good acts and general kindness. This passage serves as foreshadowing as well because this statement comes to ring even more true as the play continues on.
2. In act 2, scene 1 Banquo tells Fleance “Hold, take my sword. There’s husbandry in heaven;
Their candles are all out”. By referring to darkness as controlled by a heavenly force Banquo makes it clear that whatever is going to happen is out of his hands. The imagery that candles provides seems like an instantaneous switch: one minute there was light, the next there was darkness and …show more content…
Darkness is often seen as scary, a means to hide, and a pause in time, allowing for many things to go unnoticed. The entire premise of Macbeth involves deceit, murder, and a power struggle that could slay even the strongest of leaders. In order for there to be so much rivalry and chaos, deceit must play an important role. In order for deceit and trickery to take place there needs to be a disguise, or else everything would fall apart; this disguise is darkness. In the night one can not see what they are doing clearly, so perspective seems to change. Blood also plays and important role in this play because by nature it is a tragedy, and like any tragedy there is bound to be deaths. Blood is not only used within the literal sense, but extends to serve as a reminder of what characters have done. I believe that these two themes are so prominently used within Shakespeare 's writings because they are relevant within his pieces. Tragedy equates to blood and deceit equates to a veil of