Shakespeare's Eloquent Use of Metaphor in Macbeth

Throughout the course of Macbeth, Shakespeare uses many metaphors to give the reader a better understanding of the play. Many of the metaphors used are woven into the play many times and revolve around the same theme. One such metaphor the Shakespeare used on occasion was that of plants growing and dying. He used this metaphor to speak about people prospering or becoming evil and fading out of the spotlight in the future. The first …

…play. Once you have read into it you can understand better what is happening through these metaphors. The give us clues as to what is going on in the play without actually telling us. This metaphor does a good job of this by showing us that although the weeds may take over the garden and the good plants, in the end the good will finally rule over evil and the good plants will reign supreme.