... to understand that he is haunted by images of blood as a result of killing Duncan; he is losing his hold on reality. Another example of how imagery helps create mental atmosphere, is just before the murder of Banquo at the Macbeth castle (Inverness) when Macbeth says to his wife, "O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife". (3.2, 36) This use of animal imagery allows ... sho! w that imagery helps to convey physical atmosphere. Imagery helps to establish the moral, mental, and physical atmosphere in a work. Reading a book seems to be a lot like living life. The more understanding an ind...

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... power develops as capacity for crime...his mind is as scorpions; it is tortured in restless ecstasy. Suspense has undermined his judgment and brought on him the gambler's fever...The third feature in Macbeth is the quickening of his sensitiveness to the supernatural side by side with the deadening of his conscience...In the reaction from the murder of Banquo the supernatural appearance-which no eye sees but his own ... her happiness is a plot of deceit and murder. Lady Macbeth: Your face, my thane, is as a book, where men may read strange matters:-To beguile the time, look like the time...

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