Themes In Macbeth 2 Essay Research Paper — страница 2

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Macbeth. Banquo is able to see through Macbeth’s masks. In Act III, Scene I, Banquo puts up his own masks. He almost knows that Macbeth is the murderer, but he hides his suspicions while he talks to Macbeth. The masks aren’t always limited to uses of evil. Much of this play is filled with the struggle between light and darkness Macbeth asks for darkness to hide his desires in Act I, and then darkness shrouds the night of the murder. The light in the first two acts is King Duncan, but the struggle went in favor of darkness. This struggle occurs in every act of the play. Also, in Act V, Scene VII, Macduff enters and says, “If thou best slain and with no stroke of mine, my wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still.” Macduff can’t rest until he gets revenge on the

killer of his family, something Malcolm and Fleance whose family was also killed by Macbeth didn’t say. Macduff is the light that will soon come to a final climactic battle with the dark (Macbeth). There is also religious meaning to this: God against the devil, Macbeth being the devil. This theme is an epic battle of good vs. evil.