Imagery on Macbeth

William Shakespeare's play Macbeth has a lot to do with imagery. Imagery is created when the author uses figures of speech that help the mind to form forceful or beautiful pictures. Some examples of imagery in Macbeth are darkness, blood, animals, sleep, and many more. Throughout the play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and all the other characters go through good types and bad types of imagery.
The darkness imagery symbolizes evil and death. In darkness only evil deeds can be done. Darkness can partially blind out all of the horrible things that occur in the night. The cover of darkness allows evil to surface and the guilt that is felt by Macbeth and leaves him in a sleepless and dangerous state. He calls upon the night to help him perform the deeds by protecting him from the forces of “good.” The dark side of Macbeth is reflected at night where his disordered state does not allow him to distinguish reality from illusion.
Some quotes of the imagery of darkness are in act one, sc...