Macbeth Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory

(Click the symbolism infographic to download.) Pretty standard stuff here. Darkness indicates something bad is about to happen; light is associated with life and God. Here's a look at some specific...

(Click the symbolism infographic to download.) After King Duncan is murdered by Macbeth, we learn from the Old Man and Ross that some strange and "unnatural" things have been going on. Even though...

(Click the symbolism infographic to download.) When Macbeth visits the weird sisters and demands to know whether or not Banquo's heirs will become kings, the witches conjure a vision of eight kings...

(Click the symbolism infographic to download.) The drunken Porter responds to the knocking at the castle's gates just after Macbeth has murdered King Duncan. As he does so, he imagines there's a Ca...

(Click the symbolism infographic to download.) Get out the hydrogen peroxide, because this play needs it: there's blood all over. From the bleeding Captain in the beginning to Macbeth's bleeding he...

(Click the symbolism infographic to download.) This play, unfortunately, is full of dead babies and slain children. And it's hard to make jokes about that, even if they are fictional and several hu...

(Click the symbolism infographic to download.) The way these characters keep talking about clothes, you'd think there was a 30% off sale at Old Navy. But clothes aren't just keeping the nobles warm...