Darkness in Macbeth

In all of his plays, Shakespeare uses an assortment of motifs and symbols that bear vivid imagery, almost bringing them to life, just like a character. In the tragedy Macbeth, Shakespeare does an excellent job in using the element darkness, and words associated to it, to create a type of “force” that has an impact on the characters and the play itself. When we think of the dark, what immediately comes to our minds are …

…in one direction, just like a character. Darkness evolved as first being simply a tool for ones evil usage, secondly being an addictive “drug” that the user uses all the time, and thirdly becoming a virus that plagues one’s mind and changes his whole mind into a more ruthless mind. Of course, Macbeth is killed at the end of the play. Darkness is evil and leads one to confusion and chaos in the end.