FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Macbeth
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Lady Macbeth
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Ross
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Malcolm
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Detailed explanation-1: -After announcing that his son is to receive the highest honor of heir to the throne, Duncan reassured Macbeth that other honors, like stars, will shine on everyone who deserves them (line 42). Here, Macbeth picks up on that simile, saying he does not want the stars to shine on him, lest they reveal his dark desires.
Detailed explanation-2: -Another important quote that is revealed in Scene 4 is “stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires” (i. iv line 51-52). Revealed in the quote is the conflict between light and dark, a gothic element, also suggesting that there is a conflict within man between evil and goodness within.
Detailed explanation-3: -"Stars hide your fires” is personification. The stars are being asked to give Macbeth darkness, so no one can see his “black and deep desires.” Calling his desires black and deep is a metaphor, because the thoughts are not literally dark, but he is saying they are dark because they are evil.
Detailed explanation-4: -Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be, Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.