Macbeth: Imagery

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recurs that Macbeth's new honours
sit ill upon him, like a loose and badly fitting garment, belonging to
someone else:

New honours come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould,
But with the aid of use.
(1.3.144)

The second, most important chain of imagery used to add to the atmosphere
is that of the imagery of darkness. In a Shakespearean tragedy a special
tone, or atmosphere must be created to show the darkness and blackness in a
tragedy. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the design of the witches, the guilt
in Macbeth's soul, and the darkness of the night to establish the
atmosphere. All of the remarkable scenes take place at night or in some
dark spot; for instance, the vision of the dagger, the murder of Duncan,
the murder of Banquo, and Lady Macbeth's sleep-walking, all occur at night.
Darkness is the time when the traveller hastens to reach safety in his inn,
when Banquo rides homeward to meet his assassins; furthermore, it is the
time when ...

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