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Examples Of Light And Dark In Macbeth

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In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth there are multiple themes portrayed throughout the story, one of which being light and dark. In Macbeth there are numerous ways light and dark unravels in the play one of which being how nature portrays the light or dark deeds taking place in the story. One of the very first examples you see is in act one, scene one in which we first meet the witches, it begins to storm. The connotation around thunderstorms is scary and dark, for example, in basic horror films it will thunder and the murderer will slowly progress towards the victim during a thunderstorm. The witches can be seen are dark, therefore the thunderstorm would further represent the darkness of the witches. An additional example is later on in act one
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