Use of Night and Darkness in MacbethShakespeare is known for his descriptively rich plays. He also does a great job describing both the characters and the setting. One specific area of ​​the play MacBeth is the use of night and darkness to show evil or events that are not right. Examples of this are the numerous apparitions of witches, the murders that occur, and the conflicts MacBeth faces with his sanity. The following three paragraphs will delve deeper into these topics. The first example of Shakespeare's use of night and darkness in the apparitions of the three witches. The witch sisters are the main sources of evil in the play MacBeth. When witches are in action, storms or the darkness of the woods always accompany them. This shows great wickedness. "Thunder and lightning. Enter three witches." This is the description of the opening scene just before the introduction to the witches. This shows their evil nature as they are followed by violent storms in dark conditions. Another quote is "Fowl is fair and fowl is fair: fly over the fog and the dirty air." This is another example of the disgusting, dirty and dark atmosphere around witches. Then, towards the end of the speech of Hecate, queen of the witches, she says "Listen! I am called. My little spirit, see: there sits a misty cloud and it remains for me." This shows a clear mental picture of the foggy and ugly conditions, which are predominant when witches are around. So this is a very good example of Shakespeare's ability to link darkness and stormy conditions with evil. The second example of Shakespeare's writing techniques to show evil such as darkness is the number of murders and when they took place. When there was a murder, it was often committed at night or in the dark. This also ties into the connection between darkness and evil, with murder being the source of evil. The most famous example of murder is when MacBeth kills Banquo. During his speech where he proceeds to murder Banquo, he says "...Nature seems dead, and bad dreams abuse the sleep shrouded in curtains. Witchcraft celebrates the offerings of pale Hecate and the murder withers, alarmed by his sentinel, the wolf, who howls at his watch....." References to dreams, sleep, witches and the wolf's howl all describe the night because that is when most. of these words are seen..