Question

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How does Shakespeare use figurative language to further develop Macbeth's madness?

Answer 1

This is what I got.... Darkness is invariably associated with evil and to a certain extent deception. In our society, darkness tends to be the primary characteristic of evil. A black cat, a dark and stormy night, and a dark alley, for instance, are all modern day symbols of wickedness and evil. Authors many times will use these and other symbols to describe an evil character or setting. In Elizabethan England night air was said to be impure and rheumy and it was the air in which evils were most free since it was not purged by the sunshine.