"Night: A Herald of Things to Come" traces mentions of the motif of "night" throughout Shakespeare's Macbeth and comments on its significance within the play.

Night: A Herald of Things to Come Macbeth, a dark tragedy written by one of the greatest playwrights of all time, William Shakespeare, is a play that explores the anatomy of guilt and the events that cause it. When Macbeth and his wife conspire to commit a horrible murder, the reader sets out on a journey to discover the inner workings of the human soul and the elements of the very life that each and …

…human evil and destruction, Shakespeare uses night's passing into day to tell so many through the ages of the inevitable arrival of punishment after evil's reign. He uses Macbeth's deeds and horrifying death to speak into the ages the undying epithet, "Be sure your sins will find you out." For, because of his greedy and destructive ambition, Macbeth has become the sailor of the witches' telling-- tormented, robbed of all rest, and a man destroyed.