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…showed last 75 words of 296 total…the superstition, the hoots of the owl predicts death. But this is fatal, because the death and horror. When the owls hoot and the crickets cried, it symbolized evil and doomed doings. William Shakespeare applies the imagery of animals throughout the play. Evil doings usually happen at the night, which is why Shakespeare probably chose night animals to stand for death. Therefore, the owl and the raven are animals of the night, and symbolize doom.