... to evil in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. The main characters in theses works of literature start off as characters with good qualities such as loyalty, honesty and strength. These characteristics are transformed by the events in each story to become evil characteristics of greed, dishonesty and murder. In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness the character that changed was named Kurtz. Kurtz started off as a man ... who wished to travel to Africa in search of an adventure. His desire was "humanizing, improving, instructing" those deprived in ... ...

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... have blood." In simpler terms, Macbeth will have to repay his sins with his own blood. The strong images of blood convey the strength and depth of Macbeth's crime, repentance, and punishment. Darkness is a conduit of evil. In the intense drama, the trio of witches is what stirs up the chaos in Macbeth's life. When the witches appear in a scene, they are reflected in coordination with thunder and lightning. Hecates, queen ... , darkness, and clothing imagery present Macbeth's downfall in vivid accounts. As well as arousing the emotions of an audience, imagery works well in characterizing ...

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... , while from all around...comes a still voice." When feeling scared of death just listen to nature whom, with it's soothing sounds, will calm your heart until that day in which nature "claim(s) they growth" and are "resolved back to the earth again" in which you "mix forever with the elements" and become part of nature yourself. Bryant says that there is no "couch more magnificent ... sleep - to sleep, perchance to dream...for in that sleep what dreams may come." Hamlet struggles as he tries to decide whether to suffer the "slings and arrows" which life throws at you or to "end the heart...

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... we had been all ashamed" (3.4.65), seems to sustain him in the "contentious storm". As a noble, Edgar in the form of Tom rebels and protests against the customary dress of his class: "let not the creaking of shoe nor the rustling of silks betray the poor heart to woman" (3.4.96-7). The same sense of rebellion is seen in Celia, in As You Like It. As as aristocratic ... woman, she appears in the play in "poor and mean attire" (1.3. ... life seeing Cordelia's face through a mirror (5.3.263). Tom refers to the deaptive sense of sight in the play by referring to eyes sickness: "...the foul fi...

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... "a name for the world out of which man emerges into conscious life, the world of the unconscious as we have a habit of calling it today- (Goddard 40). In MND, Shakespeare takes us on a light-hearted jaunt, mainly through one character named Nick Bottom, into his own heart. In contrast, Hawthorne invites us to walk alone with him, in the personae of the main character named ... Young Goodman Brown, on a tour of his own soul where we are all disturbed by what he finds. Each of these characters experiences a personal transformation with two different endings. Both stories ... even in the ...

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... that she is not very brave. She wants to be crowned just as much as Macbeth, if not more, but she lacks the heart to stab the King and turns to macbeth to carry out the murder. Once the King arrives at Macbeth's castle, Lady Macbeth tells her husband what to do. She spurs on macbeth and renews he goals even after he starts to ... to add to the atmosphere is that of the imagery of darkness. In a Shakespearean tragedy a special tone, or atmosphere must be created to show the darkness and blackness in a tragedy. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the design of the witches, the guilt in Macbeth's...

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... right before executing Duncan. Furthermore, a seemingly distraught Macbeth says "Glamis hath murdered sleep," referring to his uneasy feelings after the murder of Duncan. These phrases show that Macbeth, at point, is human and that there is uncertainty in his heart. However, as his character becomes increasingly sinister, Macbeth takes actions to remove those in his way, like Banquo, and ... "the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand," not caring who he harms and how he harms them. This phrase is ... night, and a dark place are all symbolic of diablerie. Willia...

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... insanity. This insanity does not truly exist, but is what Sir Toby and Maria force upon him. Being a wise man, Malvolio turns this scenario around to mean that the darkness is the madness that exists outside of his cell. In response to his imprisonment, Malvolio says, "I say this house is as dark as ignorance, though/Ignorance were as dark as hell; and I say there ... appears as a love stricken and joyful maiden at the close of the play. Being one of only a handful of characters that can receive as much love as they wish to give, Duke Orsino also makes the transition that many character...

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... : "Tomorrow night, when Phoebe doth behold / Her silver visage in the watr'y glass . . . " (1.1 ll. 209-10). This short poetic description shows the potential ways that the normal mechanics of the gaze might be changed. Phoebe, or Diana, is the goddess of the moon and of transformation, particularly the unseen and mysterious transformations that happen under cover of darkness. The moon, the only source of light by which lovers can behold each other, is not shedding ... . Although he speaks of Helena being "the object and pleasure" of his eye, the visual metaphor is accompanied by a procla...

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... , to a certain extent, such a control over him. "But his heart was heavy, notwithstanding; and he wished, as he crept into his narrow bed, that that were his coffin, and that he could be lain in a calm and lasting sleep in the churchyard ground, with the tall grass waving gently above his head, and the sound of the old deep bell to soothe him in his sleep ... Hermia and Lysander were destined to do as they wished and be together. In articles, themes are usually expressed flatly to make the reader understand what it is about. In the article "Heart of Darkness" by Sue Halpren, Sue incorpor...

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... about how much she loves and cares for her love Romeo. Her behaviour is not that of a normal fourteen year old. Her soliloquy is based around darkness and her cravings for Romeo: 'With thy black mantle, till strange love grow bold.' This adds to the dramatic tension of the audience because they can see how strangely and unpredictable Juliet's behaviour is now, they will not ... is playing a very dangerous game here, as she is really saying she will never be satisfied till she beholds Romeo and dead is her poor heart. Shakespeare includes this in order to create dramatic tension towards ...

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... about how much she loves and cares for her love Romeo. Her behaviour is not that of a normal fourteen year old. Her soliloquy is based around darkness and her cravings for Romeo: 'With thy black mantle, till strange love grow bold.' This adds to the dramatic tension of the audience because they can see how strangely and unpredictable Juliet's behaviour is now, they will not ... is playing a very dangerous game here, as she is really saying she will never be satisfied till she beholds Romeo and dead is her poor heart. Shakespeare includes this in order to create dramatic tension towards ...

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... remain, as the death of Goneril signals the expulsion of evil. The entrance of Kent furthermore promotes hope, as he has returned from the brink of death, and if he can, others may. As the climax approaches hope and despair are held in almost simultaneous opposition. Just when it seems that Lear and Cordelia will be saved, the heart-stopping final scene is revealed and we are plunged into the darkness of despair as ... we see Lear come to the ... fore with Cordelia in his arms. Lear is overwhelmed by the complete and incomprehensible tragedy; "And my poor fool is hanged: no, no, no lif...

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... and state are relatively simple; no one lies to Othello, all seem to respect him. He never even has to fight in the play, with the enemy disappearing by themselves. This simplistic view does not help him in matters of the heart. His marriage is based on tall tales and pity and his friendships are never examined; he thinks that anyone who knows him love ... moments onstage is critical to how Othello, the other players onstage, perceives it and the audience. It lends credence to the nobility of the situation, and adds to Othello's misguided self-perception. The experience, in itself, is p...

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... -mettled" and "damned defeat." Momentary rhyme within the soliloquy removes the audience from this sense of clumsiness, and gives back its strength and force. However, it is Hamlets description of the situation in which he now finds himself that realigns audiences that may have strayed from the side of our tragic hero. "I must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words." Here, the pain of the melancholy prince strikes us deep. A great ... the "immense darkness" of the house, and perceive its encompassing and unforgiving presence. This personification becomes even more poetic as we realise...

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... anything else. Athena craftsmen and their performance The most important role of the craftsmen is their contribution to the theme of true love in this play. Their performance, Pyramus and Thisbe, is contrast and parallel with the story of Athenian youths. Pyramus and Thisbe face parental disapproval just as Hermia and Lysander do, the romantic confusion in each couples enhanced by the darkness of night is rehashed, and Pyramus mistakenly believes ... to withdrawal our love after awakening partner's ugly appearance or character. Although love begins with the erotic desire, true love does...

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... kindness" from Act I and had she not convinced his to murder the king none of the trouble they are encountering would have occurred. Earlier on in the play Lady Macbeth establishes herself as a very headstrong and determined character. She does this when she calls upon the spirits of darkness to rid her of her natural womanliness and to instead "make thick" her blood and to fill her "direst ... still cuts his lines into short phrses, again repeating the words "sleep" and "Amen". He is like this until Lady Macbeth takes the situation into her hands and says "tis the eye of childhood." an...

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