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Light And Dark In Macbeth

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In Macbeth the theme of light and dark is portrayed in many different ways, one of which being nature. Throughout the plays there have been numerous times in which nature has symbolized the light or darkness that was going on in that scene. For example when the witches went to meet Macbeth to bestow upon him the very first prophecies they wanted a barren land. This nature shows dark and evil presence. Since the land wasn’t growing anything, it wasn’t a luscious sunflower field, no body full of good would want to be there. The witches are known to be dark so it isn’t odd that the landscape portrayed who they are. Another example is when Macbeth goes to kill Duncan. The timing of the killing is at night which symbolizes this idea of dark and

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