Two of the most memorable themes that apply well when in context of Macbeth are, "Natural vs. Unnatural." and "Light vs. Darkness." these themes are declare during the play Macbeth and Shakespeare's sonnets, which could have meant many things, In relation to the play and sonnets. This meaning is known to be in the play and the two sonnets in a complex way. Certainly, the situation of Macbeth, revealed many things to the reader but as its known Macbeth is a play of struggle between ambition and senses of right and wrong as well as "Natural vs. Unnatural." and "Light vs. Darkness." It's also the about the struggle between the fatal evil represented by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. And the interests of the nation represented by Malcolm and Macduff. These two major themes reflect to "Natural vs. unnatural." and "light vs. darkness." because two different kinds of groups are fighting and waiting on who would succeed first.
These two themes also reflect to the sonnets that Shakespeare wrote, such as sonnet IX which reflects to the theme "Natural vs. Un natural"
Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye, that thou consum'st thy self in single life? The world will be thy widow and still weep That thou no form of thee hast left behind, Look what an unthrift in the world doth spend; But beauty's waste hath in the world an end, And kept unused the user so destroys it. No love toward others in that bosom sits that on himself such murd'rous shame commits.
What this sonnet is saying is that the people fear when a widow cries because as the widow is crying because of the lost of her husband the world cries along her side making things change and making unnatural things to occur. It is also saying that the world could be a widow making other things to occur because the more the people harm it's beauty the more unnatural things occur. Making the world lose its...
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