Darkness, Sign of Chaos in Macbeth-
Darkness, Sign of Chaos in Macbeth-
Darkness in our society is indicative of evil. For instance, a
black cat, a dark night, and a dark place are all symbolic of
diablerie. Authors use these symbols to describe an evil character or
setting. William Shakespeare employs the imagery of darkness in Act 4
of his play Macbeth to describe the agents of disorder. The witches,
Macbeth, and Scotland are all described as dark because they represent
the
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Macbeth in Act 1 was an agent of order and thus
was described with words such as "noble" and "loyal" but when Macbeth
became an agent of disorder he was described with words such as "dark"
and "devilish". This same character development is true for Scotland
which in Act 1 was described as the land of light; but in Act 4 when
it became the land of evil was described with diction such as dark and
grave like.
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