I think it's time I considered Macbeth in this blog. In many ways, one of my favourite plays (certainly the most memorable in many ways--if not the most edifying). One thing that always strikes me in the play is the ways in which images of darkness and light are used in the play. There's a theory that all the scenes take place in darkness, or near-darkness (dawn and dusk). Very gothic. Do you think there's enough evidence to back this idea up?
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ReplyDeleteI was doing a bit of MaccyB revision and think that it is important that most of the scenes are in dusk/dark because it adds not only to the gothic genre but also the deception within the scenes. There is also a good link between this and Dracula where Harker comments on the turning between Day/Night being a significant time of day. (Something along the lines of- 'Ones close to death usually die and the turning of day to night') :-)