The monster wrenched the spike from his eye and out it came with a red geyser of blood- he flung it aside with frantic hands, and mad with pain he bellowed out for help from his neighbor Cyclops living round about in caves on windswept crags Hearing his cries, they lumbered up from every side and hulking round his cavern, asked what ailed him: 'What, Polyphemus, what in the world's the trouble? ...

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Throughout literature, themes are exposed in many works through the characters, images or recurring ideas within a same book. An important matter in everyday life, evil is an abstraction often associated with darkness, cold, savagery, and death. In Macbeth, Shakespeare develops many themes, such as ambition or the supernatural, which all revolve around the nature of the ever-present evil within the play. The characters of the witches, Lady Macbeth and her husband, along with the various images used, all represent the different aspects of evil that are unfolded during the story. To begin wit...

• Word Count: 2650
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School