Themes In Macbeth
Deja Pierce - Period 4 - April 19, 2016
- Light/Darkness - Water Imagery - Unnaturalness Imagery - Baby Imagery
Light/Darkness Imagery
"...But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine
On all deserves" (Act 1, Scene 4)
Water Imagery
It is related to life and death, fertility and sterility, procreation and destruction, purification and contamination, purity and lust.
Unnaturalness Imagery
"What are these / So wither'd and so wild in their attire, / That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth, / And yet are on't?"
Baby Imagery
When King Duncan thanks Macbeth for his heroic service in battle, Macbeth replies that "Your highness' part / Is to receive our duties; and our duties / Are to your throne and state children and servants" (1.4.23-25).
Macbeth
Brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland.
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth's "sidekick"