In all of Shakespeares plays he uses many forms of imagery. Imagery, the art of making images,the products of imagination. In the play Macbeth Shakespeare applies the imagery of clothing,darkness and blood. (listed from least to most), Each detail is his imagery, it seems to contain animportant symbol of the play. Symbols that the reader must understand if they are to interpreteither the passage or the play as a whole. Within the play Macbeth the imagery of clothing portrays that Macbeth is seeking to hide his"disgraceful self" from his eyes and others. Shakespeare wants to keep alive the ironical contrastbetween the wretched creature that Macbeth really is and the disguises he assumes to conceal thefact. In opinion, the reader thinks of the play honors as garments to be worn; likewise, Macbeth isconstantly represented symbolically as the wearer of robes not belonging to him. He is wearingan undeserved dignity, which is a crucial point that Shakespeare has made. The description of thepurpose of clothing in Macbeth is the fact that these garments are not his. Therefore, Macbeth isuncomfortable in them because he is continually conscious of the fact that they do not belong tohim. In the following passage, the idea constantly recurs that Macbeths new honors sit ill uponhim, like loose and badly fitting garments, belonging to someone else:"New honours come upon him,Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould,But with the aid of use."(Act I, iii: 144) The second form used to add to the atmosphere, the imagery of darkness. In a Shakespeareantragedy, we have known him to create a special tone, or atmosphere to show the darkness in atragedy. In Macbeth, Shakespeare draws upon the design of the witches, the guilt in Macbethssoul, and the darkness of the night to establish the atmosphere. All of the remarkable scenes takeplace at night or in some dark spot; for instance, the vision of the dagger, the murder of Duncan,the Murder of Ban...
