Use of Imagery in Macbeth As defined in Webster's Students Dictionary, imagery is a figurative term that reveals description by applying the five senses. William Shakespeare's use of animal imagery, blood imagery, clothing imagery, and weather imagery are often shown throughout the play. Through examples of animal imagery, Shakespeare uses literary elements such as symbolism. Before Suncan's murder, animals, such as the owl and the hawk, emerged from the night and behaved unnaturally, "just like the actions that are performed." -night." In Act 2, scene 2, Lady Macbeth anxiously awaits Macbeth's return after killing Duncan, the king of Scotland. The step that Macbeth is climbing over goes against the rules of nature and when this happens the animals explode and time. The owl is an errand boy because, according to superstition, the owl's cry portends death. It is fatal, perhaps because it brings death and horror 'Act 2, scene 4, Ross and an old man exchange accounts of the troubled night and the recent unnatural happenings. The hours seemed terrible and the things strange. The heavens and the animals are troubled by the presence of man on the earthly scene, where he performs his bloody deeds. The night was turbulent, houses and chimneys were being destroyed by fierce winds, and everything was filled with "terrible burning." His place of honor was next to a mouse owl, whose normal prey is a mouse. The night has become more powerful than the day, otherwise the day hides its face in shame. Furthermore, Macbeth's horses, the choicest specimens of their breed, became feral, as they broke their stables and the horses were said not to eat each other. Bizarre events occurred on the night Duncan was murdered by Macbeth, a symbolic reference to the evil deeds of men. There is a sense of fear, wonder, amazement and mystery. An atmosphere of death is symbolized by the behavior of nocturnal animals. "The raven itself is hoarse and caws. Duncan's fatal entry beneath my battlements." In Act I, scene 5, Lady Macbeth has already planned the murder.