William Shakespear's Macbeth is a macabre tale of the downfall of a noble man who goes from being revered as "O' valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!" (I,ii,24)at the beginning of the play to being reviled as "abhorred tyrant" (V, vii, 10) by play's end. The play unfolds this downward spiral from heroism to villainy with some of Shakespeare's most dramatic and descriptive language. Shakespeare unifies his tragedy with a number of image patterns which help to create atmosphere, establish theme, and elucidate character. The imagery of clothing in Macbeth is used to suggest different symbols and establish the background of Macbeth the character. It seems as though Shakespeare used these clothing images to hide and yet reveal the character of Macbeth, "Why do you dress me in borrow'd robes?" (I,iii,113-114) ....

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