What Does The Rain Symbolize In Macbeth

Macbeth's solution of killing his current problem finalizes his actions of immorality as well as his foil found in Banquo. Even after his death, Banquo is able to keep his integrity and use it to punish, or even remind, Macbeth of his moral supremacy. Banquo returns, as a ?horrible shadow,? to haunt Macbeth at a feast and successfully does so to the point of 'unreal mock'ry' (III.iv), certainly driving Macbeth?s darkness into a phase of decay, leading to further irrationality. This continued irrationality is the cause of yet another stockpile of dead bodies, revealing Macbeth?s inability to cope in his dark

After everyone has found out that the king is dead Banquo suspects Macbeth of doing something to make the witches predictions that they ways saying to become true. At that time Macbeth is king so he turns on his best friend Banquo and has him and all of his family including Fleance killed because he was the only person there when the predictions of Macbeth becoming king and also the witches said that Banquos son Fleance would become king too. So this shows that that Macbeth is getting over protective of his crown to the throne so he will do anything to stop people becoming king. So he will kill he’s best friend and his family only because the three withes said that predictions of Macbeth becoming king. So Macbeth is going into a downward spiral towards great darkness and becoming ever more evil from every action he makes and does to protect the crown.

Macbeth has many symbols throughout the entire book. Some symbols include water, blood, and the three witches. Water is an symbol because Macbeth has just murdered Duncan while he was asleep in his chambers, and when he leaves his chambers he still has Duncan's blood on his hands and needs to wash it off, as he says “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?” (2.2.60-61). Macbeth is questioning if Neptune’s ocean would provide enough water to wash Duncan’s blood from his hands. He needs the water to purify him of his horrible deed that he has done. Macbeth is very skeptical about whether or not that all off the water in the world would be enough for him to wash all his horrible deeds. Water is symbolizing cleanliness and purity. “Here's the smell of blood still. All perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." (5.1.32-33). Lady Macbeth and Macbeth both keep coming back and referring to when they killed Duncan and the blood on their hands although they could wash it all off. Although Macbeth is the one that committed the crime, it still holds on to Lady Macbeth like perfume can. The two of them have are having guilt trips to killing Duncan. Pretty Little Liars does not have much symboles but one symbol that is in the very beginning of the book was when the 4 girls made a memorial for Alison and the memorial had 5 statues on it, each representing the girls. That

On the night MACBETH brutally kills the King of Scotland, Banquo fearful of his own 'cursed thoughts' observes that:

Darkness (night) is everywhere in the book and everything associated with death. I realized that Shakespeare is foreshadowing Banquo’s death through the words that he speaks. At this moment Banquo tells Macbeth that he’s leaving with Fleance on his horse for fear of Macbeth “violent” nature. It points to that exact moment to where Macbeth is formulating to murder both Banquo and his son. The line “borrower of the night / For a dark hour…” which I think leads to Banquo’s apparition showing up to the banquet, to torment Macbeth’s mind.” For it was not Macbeth’s first murder, Banquo was a fellow friend of his and in this example not only he wasn’t suggested on my his wife but his objective demonstrate his absolute ambition. As he tried to kill

The murderers that Macbeth hired to kill Banquo have done their job and go to tell Macbeth what they have done. One murderer interrupts the feast that is taking place and explains that Banquo has been killed but his son has escaped. But Macbeth does seem to be too worried, he thinks Fleance is too young pose a threat to him. Macbeth compares Banquo and his son to a father snake to its child, using a biblical reference to how the snake is clever creature. The snake theme continues to be present in the text. As used by Lady Macbeth in Act I scene 6 “But be the serpent under ‘t…” She wants Macbeth to look like he is the friend is everyone when in reality he is plotting against them in secret. Also we see some more religious imagery with snakes,

At the announcement of his successor, his son, King Duncan said, "Which honor must not unaccompanied invest him [The Prince of Cumberland, King Duncan's son and successor to the throne] only, but signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine / on all deservers". (I.4.27)King Duncan pledged his throne to his son as would be compatible with the Great Chain of Being. The light that was mentioned suggests that all was right with the world, the Great Chain of Being was in proper order. The idea that light signifies the natural order of things is enforced when the nobleman Ross says, "And yet dark night strangles the traveling lamp [the sun]". (II.4.73)The sun is the symbol of the Great Chain of Being and God's order in harmony because it is the source of all natural light. Macbeth's act of regicide disturbed the natural order of things and so subdued the sun.

Symbolism is the practice of representing peoples, places, objects, and ideas by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships. Most great works of literature seem to include some degree of symbolism. Accordingly, Shakespeare’s Macbeth exhibits a great deal of symbolism. One heavily used symbol is that of blood. In Macbeth, blood symbolizes murder and guilt, and Shakespeare uses this symbol to characterize Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

The highly acclaimed play called Macbeth often uses many literary devices and imagery to come to a conclusion about a topic. One of the frequent uses of imagery in this play is the imagery of sleep and death. Shakespeare often uses the sleep and death imagery to set a tense and eerie tone in the play. This is seen in the actions of Lady Macbeth in act 5 of the play, the actions of the character Macbeth, and the scene of and following Duncan’s death.

On the night of the murder the very earth shook and the winds howled in protest, the earth was perturbed by the event. The animal kingdom was also thrown into disarray. Great falcons were killed be small owls, and horses became violent, “Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,/Contending ‘gainst obedience...”(2.4.19-20). These natural events were used in the play to show the severity of Macbeth’s

In order to gain the crown, the Macbeth’s have to go against their nature to kill the king; they turn to darkness to get the strength needed to murder Duncan. This goes against human nature. In order to commit this act, Macbeth and Lady M go against everything they believe in. Macbeth believes he has to give up God, going so far as not being able to say ‘amen’ when praying(II.ii.28-29). Lady M turns from a loving wife to a power hungry temptress, she turns to darkness to gain the strength they need to murder King Duncan. We see this transition to darkness in her soliloquy in act I scene v, she calls upon the darkness to shed her womanhood so she can be strong enough to carry out the deed. When Macbeth has doubts and guilt over the idea of killing the king, Lady M snaps him out of it by calling him a coward(I.vi.48-59). She convinces him to commit the heinous act and that is when all hell breaks loose in the Macbeth household.

The fourth most important theme of Macbeth is Nature versus the Unnatural. This theme means that unnatural acts cause unnatural events. In the story Macbeth, when Duncan is murdered things start to happen, "Duncans horses...suddenly turned wild and broke out of their stall." (Act 2, Scene 4). When Duncan was killed it was unnatural and made unnatural events happen with his horses. "They say the horses ate each other." (Act 2, Scene 4). The horses had an unnatural event by eating themselves when Duncan was killed. Duncan being murdered was an unnatural event because Macbeth did it just to become king and it caused many unnatural events to happen.

Nature is constantly changing, and many books make use of this fact to give it more dimension. Between its use of animals and weather, Macbeth is no exception to this trend. Shakespeare explores social order and the effect of switching it around by bringing in two examples of order among animals. He also incorporates changing weather, and its strikingly similar to Macbeth. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses nature to parallel the developments of the play as fair turns foul and foul turns fair.

After the moon is down, Banquo speaks to Macbeth about his dream,“All’s well./ I dreamt last night of the three Weïrd Sisters./ To you they have showed some truth”(2.1.24-26). The mood is dark because it is about the prophecy. It is also a sign of bad thing is about to happen. What might happen in order for Macbeth become king. Banquo mention the prophecy that Macbeth will be king. But in order for Macbeth become king Duncan has to die. So there will be something evil happens later on. Macbeth is walking to Duncan’s room and havings a conversation with himself before commit the crime, “Now o’er the one-half world/ Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse/ The curtained sleep”(2.1.61-63). The author create a dark mood by saying half of the world is sleeping as death. And this is the darkest time of the night. Half of world is sleeping and he is about to commit the crime. This is the midnight, the darkest part of the night when people all sleep like death and wicked dreams abuse them. These quotes have contributed to the dark and evil theme of the

This imagery is typical in a Shakespearean tragedy, where a dark atmosphere is important in developing character and understanding the play. Darkness is used in both a natural and metaphorical sense and symbolizes many things such as death, obfuscation, and evil. Through the use of the mysterious witches, and the natural darkness of night, Shakespeare effectively creates a dramatic atmosphere for the play. The witches are seen by Banquo and Macbeth to be unnatural and evil. Banquo describes them, “wither'd and so wild in their attire,That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth” (A1, S3). These witches appear in darkness at the beginning of the play and Macbeth calls the day, “so foul and fair a day I have not seen” (A1, S3). This is the atmosphere in which the “unnatural” witches tell of a prophecy which goes against the natural laws of the world. Some very key scenes where great evil is done, happen under the cover of night, in a naturally dark environment. It is dark when Macbeth has the vision of a dagger, Duncan and Banquo are both murdered under cover of darkness, and Lady Macbeth sleep walks in the middle of the night even though she has a fear of darkness. Darkness is used to cover up guilty crimes, and to accentuate the sense of danger. Duncan is first murdered while he sleeps. Macbeth was hesitant to do this, until Lady Macbeth presented a way in which it could be done, and blamed on someone else. Macbeth murders Duncan in the middle of the