... well as good and evil. It is important to acknowledge the fact that both Duncan's and Banquo's murder takes place in the dark. The latter notices, on the night of the king's death, that the stars are not shining, meaning that the murder does occur in complete darkness: "There's husbandry in heaven;/ Their candles are all out" (II.i.4-5). The fact that the lights are out ... acts: "Stars, hide your fires!/ Let not light see my black and deep desires" (I.iv.50-51). He then wants darkness to prevail to hide his unnatural, evil acts and qualities. Darkness, thus being merged with death and ...

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... owl screams, and when murder steals forth to his work. In 'Macbeth' I think the darkness symbolizes many things. First, and most importantly, it stands for the evil and death in the play. The darkness could partially blind out all of the horrible things that occur in the night. For, only in darkness can such evil deeds be done. Secondly, the darkness shows one of Lady Macbeth's weaknesses: her fear of the ... dark. In the play, phrases of fear escape from her lips even in sleep. She believes darkness to be the place ... of torment. In the whole drama ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... womb and seed germination, both of which take place in the dark; darkness is the complementary opposite of light in a fundamental duality. Darkness can also encompass a primitive chaos, and the powers of that chaos; it is not essentially evil, yet it is largely associated with death and destruction. Victor struggles with his mother's death and the evil forces, which took her away from him. He sees ... the world as dark and his mother as light, highlighting the power of his deep seeded, primitive feelings of death and longing for rebirth of himself and his mother. Victor spends time alon...

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... Vivian rose painfully to a sitting position glancing towards the shadowed figure she had hurtled herself into. Slowly, it started to close in upon her. The figure was a mass of darkness; it draped itself over her, bringing with it the pungent stench of decay. Slowly the figure bent down until what was left ... over Vivian's gray sweat shirt. The figure climbed on top of her, she was powerless to stop it. She was surrounded by the smell of death, the hungry maggots, and the putrescent black that dripped its cold wetness onto her face. Vivian woke up screaming. Her body trembled with comp...

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• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: High School