"Macbeth" by William Shakespeare

Imagery, irony, and contradiction hold much importance to successful writing. Shakespeare, an incredibly skilled writer, used these to write a play titled Macbeth. In this play imagery, irony, and contradiction help to explain the themes of the play. One of the most important themes is betrayal. Betrayal is shown often in the play through imagery, irony, and contradiction.
In the first act the theme betrayal has already becoming evident. There is a want for power which leads to betrayal of the king. In act I, scene IV the king says, "There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face: he was a gentlemen on whom I built an absolute trust." (Shakespeare 11). …