Macbeth: How Does The Play's Imagery Help Us To Understand Its Themes and Characters? For me to answer this essay question I must first find out what exactly imagery is, to do this I used an Oxford dictionary and this is the definition; Imagery n. Images collectively; statuary, carving; mental images collectively; ornate figurative illustration, esp. as used by author for particular effect. An image is a picture that the author places in your head by graphic descriptions about a subject. This image is designed to help the read