Macbeth

There are many forms of imagery in the world today. They usually take on two main forms,
those being visual and mental. Word means different thing to different people. The Websters
Dictionary defines it as, in rhetoric, representations in writing or speaking; lively descriptions which
impress the images of things on the mind; figures in discourse. This once again goes back to the idea
of mental imagery and the different ways people interpret things. In William Shakespeares Macbeth.
Imagery is connected to both character development as well as theme and are patterned throughout
the play.
From the beginning of the play we are introduced to image of darkness. It was called upon by
Banquo, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. In his aside to Macbeth
"But tis strange:
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence" (I, II, 131-135)

Banquo sho...