Themes in Macbeth

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Shakespeare is able to develop many major themes in the play; he uses different techniques to put emphasis on certain issues in order to help develop these themes in the story line of the play. The major themes of Macbeth are the significance of evil, the dangers of ambition, and appearance versus reality. The major techniques that Macbeth uses include foreshadowing, symbolism, and irony. In using these techniques skillfully, Shakespeare is able …

…ambition and leads to his ultimate demise. Finally, the third theme is that human nature cannot be contradicted. Symbolism was used to show this theme. For example, with the symbol of the blood, Lady Macbeth ignored her human nature (and Macbeth's) but it came back to torment her. She believed that they could wash their hands easily and be cleared of the deed but later on she found out that it was not so easy.