Part one of term paper
In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, there is a strong relationship between nature and how it reacts to the events that occur in the human world. In the beginning of Act II, Macbeth murders King Duncan so that he can become king. Shakespeare makes a connection to the darkness of the sky: "Their candles are all out." (49) Stars are connected to can ...

Part two of term paper
... pain of the murder also: Now o’er the one-half world Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse The curtained sleep. (53) "Nature seems dead" because human life also seems dead, and as people are silent and in shock from Duncan’s death. Nature reacts in the same way that humans do by seeming dead. After the murder, nature continues to act. It suddenly became cold, referring to the cold-blooded murder. Nature didn’t stop with cold weather however, it brought upon storms and even a ...