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Write an analysis of the imagery of Macbeth

Macbeth is a story based on death and jealousy. Shakespeare was a talented writer who made his main ideas constant throughout the play by using images to emphasise this in a different way.
I have found that the main images in Macbeth are ambition, clothing, chaos, dark and light blood and sleep. These all help to create an atmosphere and make the main idea of the story stronger.
The main theme that runs constantly through the play is chaos. You can see this right at the start of the play as in the first scene the witches chant ‘fair is foul and foul is fair' this is a paradox, which sets the tone. This means things that appear bad could be good and visa versa. Another aspect of the first scene is the dangerous animals they use like snakes, toads and birds of pray, this sets a threatening atmosphere right at the beginning that runs constantly throughout. Another main aspect of chaos is time. With people running about and events which......

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