Macbeth Act 5 Scene 5 Analysis

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Shakespeare probably chose to structure the scene this way because it shows a difference between the past Macbeth and the present Macbeth. While the audience will be somewhat scared by the cries of women and see them as a sign of something bad, Macbeth is not affected by this. This shows the audience how much Macbeth has changed. The effect of this decision is great, as it seems to make the audience feel like Macbeth is giving up or that he is going to lose. The audience starts to feel this way in lines eleven through seventeen of Act V, Scene V. It is Macbeth commenting on how he feels after hearing the cries: I have almost forgot the taste of fears; The time has been, my senses would have cool'd To hear a night-shriek; and my fell of hair

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