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How Does Shakespeare Use Darkness In Macbeth

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In William Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, darkness and blackness are repeatedly used as symbols of evil, representing the misdeeds conducted by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. After three witches predict Macbeth’s future and tell him that he will become King of Scotland, Macbeth thinks about murdering the current king, Duncan, and exclaims “Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires” (1.4.50-51). Macbeth’s wicked yearning of committing murder is ‘black’ and must be concealed by darkness because it is too horrible to be looked upon. His desire to kill is depicted as ‘dark’, which connotes evil, and is too horrible that Macbeth asks the heavens to conceal it. Furthermore, as Lady Macbeth is planning King Duncan’s murder, she

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