Macbeth: Imagery
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In his plays, Shakespeare uses many forms of imagery. Many forms of his
imagery are used in his play `Macbeth,' including the forms of clothing and
darkness. Each detail in his imagery, it seems to me, contains an important
symbol of the play, and symbols that we must understand if we are to
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.... is the fact that these are not his
garments. Therefore, Macbeth is uncomfortable in them because he is
continually conscious of the fact that they do not belong to him. In the
following passage, the idea constantly 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 cha ....
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