Macbeth Imagery Analysis

Banquo's Ghost In Lady Macbeth and Macbeth's speeches, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth use rhetorical appeal, logos, and multiple other literary devices to convince the dinner guests that they do not need to worry about Macbeth's behavior. They are using these rhetorical devices to persuade their "worthy friends" that Macbeth is fine because he has a hallucination condition. Throughout Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's speeches, they are using logos to help persuade the dinner guests. On line 90, in Act 3 Scene 4, Macbeth states that this is not a new thing, "I have a strange infirmity, which is nothing to those that know me." Logically, Macbeth is saying this because he is ensuring that it is not a big problem and that they should not

Macduff kills Macbeth and tells everyone else, “Behold where stands Th’ usurper’s cursed head” (V.viii.65-66). The final “Oooo” reminds me of the final breath and not only the end to Macbeth’s life but to his guilt and sorrow. In conclusion, Macbeth is truly another great work of art from William Shakespeare. Many other works of art can relate to Macbeth and its incredible plot. To me Macbeth mainly represented sorrow guilt and madness.

When Macbeth asks the witches if Banquo’s children will reign after him, eight Kings appears before him. The eighth king is holding a mirror followed by Banquo. Seeing this Macbeth shouts, “ Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo/ Down! Thy crown does sear mine eyeballs….Now I see ‘tis true/

8 Apr. 2018). A Shakespearean tragedy is seen in Macbeth. Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare in 1500 A.D. (Goodman, Barbara. World Literature, Part 2, Notes on tragedies and travel literature. Clayton State, Clayton.

In conclusion, the three most important scenes in the play are, Macbeth talking to Banquo’s ghost, Lady Macbeth attempting to wash away the blood, and Lady Macbeth saying water will fix everything because they show the main theme of guilt the strongest. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have a lot of guilt built up inside of them and don’t know how to control it. In the end, they do not resolve their guilt

(3.1.9-10). This means that Banquo will not act upon what the witches are telling him. What the witches are telling Macbeth would also never be coming true if he hadn’t acted upon it. As Banquo puts it in the play, “The instruments of darkness tell us truths,/Win us with honest trifles, to betray ’s/ In deepest consequence.”

Macbeth killing banquo is yet another example of Macbeth acting as an agent of free will. The decent to evil is in turn his fault alone. Macbeths killing of Banquo inheirently leads him down this destructive path and the guilt that fallows. This guilt that Macbeth feels after killing Banquo leads to the ghost being seen at the table. Macbeth in front of all the Scottish noblemen is the only one who sees the ghost of Banquo, “ Thous canst not say I dit: never shake?

Macbeth is seeing a ghost of Banquo’s that could just be his imagination trying to tell him that he did something wrong and that he should confess. If the ghost is Macbeth’s conscience then, he is trying to convince himself that he is in fact innocent. He did not do anything wrong on a technically. 2)

Hallucinations occur throughout the play and hence it can be considered as one of the themes of this play. When Macbeth is about the murder Duncan, he sees a dagger with blood on its blade. The vision was as clear as the dagger he held in his hand. After getting Banquo murdered, nobody except Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost sitting on the chair meant for him. It was the creation of guilt obsessed imagination.

There are many different prominent symbols which are related to the actions of Macbeth throughout the play. Some of the symbols in Shakespeare’s Macbeth are hallucinations, terrifying dreams, prophecies, sleep, etc. The supernatural events, forces, and powers are common symbolical motifs in Shakespeare

If thou canst nod, speak too./ If charnel-houses and our graves must send/ those that we bury back to our monuments”, (III.iv.70-74) Banquo’s ghost showed up to the dinner and Macbeth was the only one who could see him. He threw a fit and was creating chaos yelling foul things at the thin air. Macbeth's mind is so corrupted that he's imagining the ghost of the man he had killed. He is losing his sanity and giving in to the foulness of murder and evil.

Specifically, the motifs in Macbeth are employed to enunciate key elements, explore new ideas, and decipher the puzzles of English Literature. Shakespeare displays ambition through the reoccurring motifs of predictions, gender, hallucinations, and bloody violence. The first example of ambition is quickly revealed through the prophesies which are disclosed throughout the play. These predictions cause certain characters, especially Macbeth, to behave differently than they normally would.

Macbeth and his Hallucinations In the Shakespeare play Macbeth, Macbeth has a number of hallucinations that stir a distinctive role throughout the play. Every hallucination occurs due to Macbeth’s past or his present life. Before the killing of King Duncan, Macbeth hallucinates a dagger before him. “Is this dagger which i see before me, the handle toward my hand?

Regardless of where one lives, nature surrounds them. It is quiet in the winter, blossoms in the spring, flourishes in the summer, and then finally it lays to rest in autumn. Often in literature, writers utilize natural imagery because it is something that can be easily understood by everybody regardless of race, gender, religion, creed, and ethnicity. This imagery provides a deeper understanding of the book, play, story, or poem for the reader. The prominent playwright William Shakespeare uses natural imagery throughout his play Macbeth to foreshadow upcoming events in the plot (or provide a deeper understanding of the play/its characters).

Celia Beyers Tinti Period 1/5 12 April 2015 Literary Analysis: Macbeth In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, he presents the character of Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is shown, as a character that schemes into making rebellious plots. She reveals the desire for wanting to lose her feminine qualities in order to be able to gain more masculine ones.