One method Shakespeare uses is imagery to emphasize the theme of guilt consumes people. Right after Macbeth killed Duncan (the king of Scotland) he said, “Methought I heard a voice cry ‘sleep no more, Macbeth shall sleep no more!’” (26) Cleary Macbeth is distraught. His guilt is interfering with his sense of hearing. The fact that he killed someone is causing him to hallucinate. Another quote that uses imagery is used in the banquet scene. Macbeth sees Banquos ghost in his chair. He says, “Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake thy glory locks at me.” (49) Macbeth quivering with fear can be seen through this quote. Even though the ghost isn’t real, Ma

It is obvious that the poetic techniques used in this play help the reader understand how guilt consumes people. It takes over peoples lives, they hallucinate, sleep-walk and become paranoid as a result of it. Guilt is like an invisible brick tied onto a track stars leg. The invisible brick can only be felt by the track star. The spectators may not know why the track star is running slow, but the effects of the invisible brick can be seen by all. Guilt is like the brick. The guilt can only be felt by the person who is guilty. Everyone else only see the effect the guilt is having on the person.

cbeth is being tortured by the thought of Banquo in his mind. A final example of imagery can be seen through this next quote. All of the murders have really taken a toll on Lady Macbeth. In Act 5 she is sleep walking and revealing secrets about the murders. In this quote she says, “Yet who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him?” (78) She is talking about Duncan’s murder. The quote makes the reader reliv

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