![]() ![]() By reaching to try and relate to Macbeth’s agony, I see how Darkness/Evil blinded Macbeth, and when he was no longer blinded, it was too late. This reversal of the light and dark imagery Shakespeare uses causes me to have to stretch to relate to the character. However, he now views it as an escape or an end to the darkness, possibly light. The general connotation of death is one of darkness and sorrow. His feelings at this dismal point are that life is pain and he presents life with the imagery of darkness. Towards the end of this play, however, it becomes difficult for me to relate to the character because he presents ideas in the direct opposite of what I generally associate with life and death. “Signifying nothing.” We can easily distinguish between what is life and what is death in the world of Macbeth through the interpretation of light/dark imagery. Life according to Macbeth is like this and it ends…. “Struts and Frets his hour,” says that everyone overdramatizes events. He only gets one chance on the stage, and he does a terrible job. “ poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more.” A person lives his life like a bad actor. “Life’s but a walking shadow.” Macbeth is saying here that one’s life is dark and dreary, and that the light of life only serves to cast a dark shadow. Life is associated with light but Macbeth is in a state where he sees no significance in having lived. This may very well be why he has such a dreary outlook on life. The consequences of his actions have caught up with him. Macbeth is at the point in his life where he is now trapped by his fate. Although he talks here about life being light (the candle flame), light is not desirable to him. ![]() “Out, out brief candle!” Lady Macbeth’s candle has burnt out and soon his will also.
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