Imagery is a figurative device that people successful and creative writers use. It allows them to create an image in the readers’ minds. Imagery helps the readers and audience visualize scenes and emotions. Its easier for people to understand the thought that the writer is spreading through visuals. The brilliant playwright William Shakespeare has skillfully used that tool in many of his plays. He used it through his infamous play Macbeth generously. Macbeth was written in the Elizabethan era, and the people who came to see it understood Shakespearean language. However, to some especially the poor, Shakespearean language was complicated. Therefore, imagery helped the people visualize the scenes in their minds and understand them through those
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There were many great ways that Shakespeare used nature to represent deeds. To begin with, after Macbeth won and returned victorious from his battles alongside Banquo he says, “So foul and fair a day I have not seen” (I.iii.38). Macbeth said that he has never seen a day so good but bad at the same time. Macbeth was happy that he won the battles, but nature was not. The weather that day was stormy and foggy. This was a great use of imagery which created a suspenseful and confusing atmosphere in the audience. The audience was happy that Macbeth won the battle, but also confused to why nature was mad. They rein suspense because they knew that something bad was going to happen. Back in the Elizabethan era, people believed that nature was gods way of expressing himself on earth. Moreover, naturalistic imagery was yet again used: “the night has been unruly The night has been unruly. Where we lay/Our chimneys were blown down and, as they say/Lamentings heard i' th' air, strange screams of death” (II.iii.28-30). The night of Duncan’s murder, nature was used to describe the horror and evilness of his death. The earth was shaking and screams of death were heard. The earth shaking represents how frightened nature was when Macbeth committed the deed. Nature echoed screams of death across the land to awake people to the death of noble Duncan. That created a very intense and unusual atmosphere to the audience. Furthermore, Shakespeare used animals to represent the deed that Macbeth committed. “A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place/Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed” (II.iv.12-13). The old man said that the night of Duncan’s murder the owl hawked at and killed the falcon. That use of imagery clearly represented the deed and hierarchy in the deed. The falcon was killed by the less superior and majestic owl. The loyal servant Macbeth killed the Nobel king Duncan. That use of imagery
There were many great ways that Shakespeare used nature to represent deeds. To begin with, after Macbeth won and returned victorious from his battles alongside Banquo he says, “So foul and fair a day I have not seen” (I.iii.38). Macbeth said that he has never seen a day so good but bad at the same time. Macbeth was happy that he won the battles, but nature was not. The weather that day was stormy and foggy. This was a great use of imagery which created a suspenseful and confusing atmosphere in the audience. The audience was happy that Macbeth won the battle, but also confused to why nature was mad. They rein suspense because they knew that something bad was going to happen. Back in the Elizabethan era, people believed that nature was gods way of expressing himself on earth. Moreover, naturalistic imagery was yet again used: “the night has been unruly The night has been unruly. Where we lay/Our chimneys were blown down and, as they say/Lamentings heard i' th' air, strange screams of death” (II.iii.28-30). The night of Duncan’s murder, nature was used to describe the horror and evilness of his death. The earth was shaking and screams of death were heard. The earth shaking represents how frightened nature was when Macbeth committed the deed. Nature echoed screams of death across the land to awake people to the death of noble Duncan. That created a very intense and unusual atmosphere to the audience. Furthermore, Shakespeare used animals to represent the deed that Macbeth committed. “A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place/Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed” (II.iv.12-13). The old man said that the night of Duncan’s murder the owl hawked at and killed the falcon. That use of imagery clearly represented the deed and hierarchy in the deed. The falcon was killed by the less superior and majestic owl. The loyal servant Macbeth killed the Nobel king Duncan. That use of imagery