These people were singled out for things like owning black cats, when washing clothes theirs came out cleaner, if you lived alone and wore black clothes then you put forward as being a witch. ... Let not light see my black and deep desires" Macbeth is saying here that he must keep his thoughts to himself. ...
Macbeth Discuss the character and relationship of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, up to the time when Duncan's death's discovered. Macbeth's name is first brought up by some witches in the first scene of the play. They talk amongst themselves and say that they will meet Macbeth after a battle. ...
"Macbeth" "Marquis de Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues once said, "The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition." Although aspirations and dreams are a healthy standard among society as a whole, what happens when these desires gain an "any means necessary" approach? In Macbeth, William Shakespeare show that blind ambition and greed can overcome any sense of decency remaining in individuals, turning them into soulless representatives of evil. Shakespeare uses characters, motifs, and tone throughout the novel to portray this theme. ...
For instance, a black cat, a dark night, a dark place are all symbols of evil. ... And live a coward in thine own esteem, letting I dare not Wait, wait upon I would, like the poor cat I the adage."... "Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires: / The eye wink at the hand! ...
