"Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my back and deep desires." ... She once wanted darkness to hide herself, but she carried a candle so she contradicted herself. ... It is most evident in the scene where Macbeth visits the witches to seek their insight and his fortune for the future. ... Clothing has always long been used to hide ones true nature under disguise. ... Darkness serves as a tool to symbolize the evil of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's actions and how darkness is the only thing they can use to try and hide themselves from what they have done and from the "light". ...

• Word Count: 1290
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He says, "Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black and deep desires. ... Shakespeare exhibiting clothing imagery throughout the tragedy suggests that Macbeth is seeking to hide his immoral self from the presence of others. ...

• Word Count: 854
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Macbeth's actions and decisions change his role as a good and respected leader into a power seeking and careless King. ... When Macbeth states, "Stars hide your fires: Let not light see my black and deep desires" (1.5.50-51), it signifies that Macbeth is about to do his evil deed and wants to hide it as he must to do it so he shall become king. ... Let the earth hide/ thee! ...

• Word Count: 1077
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After discussing his plot to kill King Duncan with Lady Macbeth, he says, "Away and mock the time with fairest show/ False face must hide what the heart lies about doth know." ... When Macbeth attempts to convince Banquo to support him and turn against Duncan, though Macbeth does not even get the chance to ask, Banquo replies, "So I lose none/ In seeking to augment it, but still keep/ My bosom franchised and allegiance clear/ I shall be counseled." ...

• Word Count: 555
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The use of this euphemism to describe the action of killing Duncan can be seen as though she is trying to hide the harsh imagery of blood and violence in the action of murder. ... The fact that she is performing a ritual to the gods, as if she is seeking genuine help, suggests the desperation she is in. ... Macbeth says, "Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires"(1.4.57-58). ...

• Word Count: 1977
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Macbeth straight away sees Banquo as a threat and seeks to know more from the witches, but they disappear, leaving Macbeth in shock and Banquo in disbelief. ... That is a step On which I must fall down, or else o"er leap For in my way it lies, stars hide your fires! ...

• Word Count: 3066
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Macbeth Discuss the character and relationship of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, up to the time when Duncan's death's discovered. Macbeth's name is first brought up by some witches in the first scene of the play. They talk amongst themselves and say that they will meet Macbeth after a battle. ...

• Word Count: 2837
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Evil Macbeth EVIL MACBETH Darkness in our society is indicative of evil. For instance, a black cat, a dark night, a dark place are all symbols of evil. There are only a few good people out there today. In Macbeth William Shakespeare proves to us that there is evil in all of us but in the end the...

• Word Count: 12917
• Approx Pages: 52
• Grade Level: High School

Macbeth fears his own temptations and the retribution of his own soul, as he mentions "So foul a fair a day I have not seen," (upon his first interaction with the Three Witches) and "stars, hide your fires!" ... He seeks the crown more than anything else, and is convinced by his wife to kill King Duncan. ...

• Word Count: 2918
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School