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William Shakespeare's Macbeth
“Macbeth” was written by William Shakespeare in 1606. “Macbeth” is one
of the most well known plays by Shakespeare. It is also considered to
be one of his best plays, even although it is one of his shortest.
In this essay I have been asked to discuss how Shakespeare’s use of
dramatic technique heightens tension and increases audience sympathy
for one or more characters.
The main scene I have picked to discuss is Act five Scene one. At the
beginning of this scene it opens with a Doctor and Gentlewoman
studying Lady Macbeth’s behaviour as she has been sleepwalking due to
recent events.
At the start of the play Macbeth was told he would become king. After
he heard this he was intrigued to find out how he was going to become
king. Should he kill the king? Or should he let fate decide? When he
told Lady Macbeth about his prophecy she was adamant about him
becoming king, she was so determined for him to become king she was
willing to kill King Duncan herself.
Lady Macbeth says, “Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts,
unsex me here.” Here she is calling for evil spirits to turn her into
a man so she will have enough strength to kill King Duncan for
Macbeth. She then devised a plan and Macbeth killed King Duncan when
he was sleeping. After Macbeth done this he was worried that the
blood, or metaphorically the guilt, would not come off his hands.
Macbeth says, “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean
from my hands?…”
Lady Macbeth says, “My hands are of your colour… a little water clears
us of this deed.”
After this incident Macbeth is crowned king, he then orders two
murderers to kill his friend Banquo and the Macduff family because
Macbeth thinks they are suspicious of him becoming king. After Lady
Macbeth sleepwalking scene Macbeth is killed by Macduff.
Shakespeare increases tension and sympathy for Lady Macbeth because he
does not incorporate her in Act three.
Throughout this play, Macbeth journeys from a noble, loyal soldier to a power-hungry, deceptive monster, destroying any obstacle in his path. These obstacles are sometimes people, including the former King Duncan and his “friend” Banquo. Evil and greed take over his every thought, and in the process of destroying his obstacles, he never realizes that his own actions will lead to his downfall. Many quotes in this play prove this to be true. Throughout the play his attitude goes through drastic changes, and he ends up thinking he is indestructible.
William Shakespeare's Macbeth In Act I, King Duncan is at the top of the chart of power, because he has the most power being the king of Scotland, he is good and kind. king, which holds legitimate and referent power. In Act I, Scene 2, he. announces his eldest son, Malcolm, as heir to the throne, after the throne.
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point? Act 1 scene 5 is a significant scene as the scene tells us a
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“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” Once said by Marc Twain, this is an excellent example of the human nature that is represented in the play: Macbeth. Shakespeare demonstrates that all humans have the ability to do good or evil. This is strongly affected by the choices that we make and by our actions. These decisions will have a huge impact on our lives and the lives of others. Throughout the play, Macbeth experienced a huge decent into evil and violent action that lead him to his death. With his thirst for power and constant paranoia, he killed his way to seize the crown. By killing Duncan at the beginning of the play, Macbeth soon realizes that nothing can be undone and his blood stained hands can never be cleaned. “A little water clears us of this deed” (2.3 70) said by Lady Macbeth after Duncan’s murder. But what they don’t know is that this is the start of the bloody massacre that will change who they are and how they think forever. Macbeth has multiple hallucinations and his paranoia leads him to hire murderers to kill Macduff’s family out of anger and spite. Lady Macbeth sleepwalks and gets to the point of madness when she kills herself at the end of the play. This demonstrates that our actions can be affected by human nature and our thoughts can be easily corrupted by temptation.