Macbeth
...the horror of the evil deeds carried out by the Macbeths. Duncan is killed at night. Banquo is murdered as he rides out into the twilight, just before the banquet. Repeatedly Shakespeare makes the point that it is night, a time when dark and evil deeds may be considered and carried out. Night is like a cloak to hide from others the evil that is being plotted. As the play continues, so Macbeth and his Lady move increasingly into the darkness of sin and corruption. They seem to live in a twilight world where light does not penetrate. In the early part of the play, as the couple appear to be successful in their ambitions, night predominates as evil struggles with good. The climax is reached when we s...