... at odds with morning, which is which" (3.4.125-126). Then Macbeth states his intention to continue his bloody course of action, and says,  "Strange things I have in head, that will to hand; which must be acted ere they may be scann'd" (3.4.138-39). Through these evil deeds, it is evident that Shakespeare wanted to emphasize the fact that darkness easily overtakes light. When ... one puts a bowl over a lit candle, its light is no longer seen. In the same way that sight and light, and blindness and darkness are used together in this analogy, Shakespeare uses these symbols together to amp...

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... often be studied and compared between novels in paralleled ways. Three novels that display this parallel in themes effectively are Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Sharer, and William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The paralleled themes within these novels are quite evident, being used to portray the many faces of man and society's morality. The theme of social order can easily be seen ... to create his being is where social order and morality is broken. " I collected bones from charnel-houses and disturbed, with profane fingers, the tremendous fingers of the human frame"...

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