In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, all the conventions of a tragic play are shown by the support of a one-word syllable. The word “night” helped exploit the meaning of a Shakespearean tragedy. Also, “night” can be interpreted in many different forms. The use of the word can help give more insight of a more graphical image to the readers. In the play throughout, the main character’s development has changed for the worse as the word “night” perpetuates throughout the play. Shakespeare’s use of the word “night” impacts the play as a whole by illustrating imagery such as darkness and hidden secrets, to create more intensity of the idea of the misuse of power and its evil outcome. Macbeth was a well-respected man who gained the trust for his noble acts,
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Better be with the dead,/ Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace,/ Than on the torture of the mind to lie/In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave”(3.2.23-28). Macbeth fears he cannot live with himself after murdering Duncan and the servants. The word “night” is used to describe the terrible dreams he had throughout the night. Also, “night” is referred to something scary and dark and that was how Macbeth’s dreams were. In the beginning, Macbeth did not use the word “night” as often as Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth pressured Macbeth to kill Duncan in order to become king and gain more power for themselves. When Lady Macbeth uses the word “night” in the beginning, it was always in relation to the subject of murder. When other characters in the play uses the word, it was used to show sorrow or grief for the deaths that occurred or in its literal sense as in time. Macbeth was reluctant to kill Duncan because it was immoral to kill a man who you respect. After Macbeth killed Duncan under the pressure from his wife, he began using the word “night” more because …show more content…
After the night of King Duncan's murder, Ross says to an Old Man, "by the clock, 'tis day, / And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp" (2.4.6-7). The men wonder why it was strangely dark on the morning after the night Duncan murder. The “traveling lamp” is the sun being strangled by the dark night. The word “night” is used in a form of personification and it gives an image to the readers that night is stronger than the sun because of what happened last night. The sun is ashamed and does not want to shed light on the horrendous scene. Shakespeare used “night” in this form to emphasize how powerful the murder was, that it darkened the day. After Macbeth has confirmed the plan of Banquo’s murder, he tells Lady Macbeth that all their problems will be solved by a deed that will be done at night. Macbeth speaks to the night to cover the wrongful deed and to take away Banquo’s life: Come, seeling night,/ Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day;/ And with thy bloody and invisible hand/ Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond/ Which keeps me pale!(3.2.50) The passage has two images of blinding. The “seeling night” is to hide the cruel deed. The second image of blinding is “scarf up” which means to be blindfolded and it is the day which must be blinded because the act is too cruel to be seen in the daylight. “Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond” is
Better be with the dead,/ Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace,/ Than on the torture of the mind to lie/In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave”(3.2.23-28). Macbeth fears he cannot live with himself after murdering Duncan and the servants. The word “night” is used to describe the terrible dreams he had throughout the night. Also, “night” is referred to something scary and dark and that was how Macbeth’s dreams were. In the beginning, Macbeth did not use the word “night” as often as Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth pressured Macbeth to kill Duncan in order to become king and gain more power for themselves. When Lady Macbeth uses the word “night” in the beginning, it was always in relation to the subject of murder. When other characters in the play uses the word, it was used to show sorrow or grief for the deaths that occurred or in its literal sense as in time. Macbeth was reluctant to kill Duncan because it was immoral to kill a man who you respect. After Macbeth killed Duncan under the pressure from his wife, he began using the word “night” more because …show more content…
After the night of King Duncan's murder, Ross says to an Old Man, "by the clock, 'tis day, / And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp" (2.4.6-7). The men wonder why it was strangely dark on the morning after the night Duncan murder. The “traveling lamp” is the sun being strangled by the dark night. The word “night” is used in a form of personification and it gives an image to the readers that night is stronger than the sun because of what happened last night. The sun is ashamed and does not want to shed light on the horrendous scene. Shakespeare used “night” in this form to emphasize how powerful the murder was, that it darkened the day. After Macbeth has confirmed the plan of Banquo’s murder, he tells Lady Macbeth that all their problems will be solved by a deed that will be done at night. Macbeth speaks to the night to cover the wrongful deed and to take away Banquo’s life: Come, seeling night,/ Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day;/ And with thy bloody and invisible hand/ Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond/ Which keeps me pale!(3.2.50) The passage has two images of blinding. The “seeling night” is to hide the cruel deed. The second image of blinding is “scarf up” which means to be blindfolded and it is the day which must be blinded because the act is too cruel to be seen in the daylight. “Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond” is