Macbeth is a play that shows life in the most brutal and most cynical way. It is considered one of the most tragic plays written by Shakespeare, being one of his darkest works. It allows audiences to see the betrayal and bloodshed with each gory detail. The play tells the tale of Macbeth’s bloody rise to power, killing King Duncan to fulfill the prophecy proclaimed by the three witches. Macbeth then is faced with the guilt-ridden psychological aftereffects of his evil deeds. Throughout act one, audiences see the malicious actions unfolding from one character to the next. Shakespeare used the word night consecutively throughout act one, showing the audience how gloomy and evil the actions of some were. But not all the versions of night meant
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In act one scene five audiences see the real Lady Macbeth shine out and her evil intentions unfold. Lady Macbeth breaks down and says “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”. Darkness and light is an important symbol in act one, the word night is invoked at any time something terrible is going to happen. The literal night is is corresponding with the evil intentions the Lady Macbeth is willing to commit. She is asking the night to come cover her evil actions taking place. Spoken at the beginning of act 1 scene 1 the witches proclaimed “Sleep shall neither night nor day Hang upon his pent-house lid;”. The witch is is describing what she is planning on doing to the humans because of their arrogance. Night is being used to show the impending affliction that is going to come upon those they proclaim saying that they will not be able to sleep night nor …show more content…
In act one scene three one of the witches says,“Weary se'nnights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine:”.This declaration is sort of confusing but what is trying to be said is that, he won’t catch a wink of sleep, either at night or during the day. He will live as a cursed man. For eighty-one weeks he will waste away in agony. The numbers seven and nine were particularly important to the forces of evil. The witches, which were followers of Satan, would delight in inverting and reversing numbers. It is explaining the amount of time he will live in agony. The witch plans to make sure the man can not sleep, with the lack of sleep the man will waste away and become sicker as a result of the curse she bestowed on him. The word night in Macbeth is used to set a foreboding tone and talk of an evil event that is going to come in the near future. In some situations, it has a literal meaning while in other situations it is used figuratively. Macbeth, being one of Shakespeare's bloodiest and darkest plays, with its underlying hidden messages of evil and revenge show that even a simple word a night can have mysterious connotations. Through murder and blood during the night, Macbeth's ambitions drove him into the ground as being a tragic
In act one scene five audiences see the real Lady Macbeth shine out and her evil intentions unfold. Lady Macbeth breaks down and says “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”. Darkness and light is an important symbol in act one, the word night is invoked at any time something terrible is going to happen. The literal night is is corresponding with the evil intentions the Lady Macbeth is willing to commit. She is asking the night to come cover her evil actions taking place. Spoken at the beginning of act 1 scene 1 the witches proclaimed “Sleep shall neither night nor day Hang upon his pent-house lid;”. The witch is is describing what she is planning on doing to the humans because of their arrogance. Night is being used to show the impending affliction that is going to come upon those they proclaim saying that they will not be able to sleep night nor …show more content…
In act one scene three one of the witches says,“Weary se'nnights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine:”.This declaration is sort of confusing but what is trying to be said is that, he won’t catch a wink of sleep, either at night or during the day. He will live as a cursed man. For eighty-one weeks he will waste away in agony. The numbers seven and nine were particularly important to the forces of evil. The witches, which were followers of Satan, would delight in inverting and reversing numbers. It is explaining the amount of time he will live in agony. The witch plans to make sure the man can not sleep, with the lack of sleep the man will waste away and become sicker as a result of the curse she bestowed on him. The word night in Macbeth is used to set a foreboding tone and talk of an evil event that is going to come in the near future. In some situations, it has a literal meaning while in other situations it is used figuratively. Macbeth, being one of Shakespeare's bloodiest and darkest plays, with its underlying hidden messages of evil and revenge show that even a simple word a night can have mysterious connotations. Through murder and blood during the night, Macbeth's ambitions drove him into the ground as being a tragic