Author: Zeshaan Murshed

In this scene everyone has found out that King Duncan is dead. Macbeth is weary that many people suspect him as the killer. Everyone finds out he was killed when Macduff says ‘Oh, horror, horror, horror! This is beyond words and beyond belief”, which means that someone broke into the castle and took the life of the king. Macbeth then pretends to care for the king’s death. However the guards are also accused, as they were covered in blood. Donaldbain then says he will go to Ireland as he is in fear of also being murdered.

Shakespeare creates tension through dramatic irony because we as an audience have more knowledge about the play that the characters, as we can see everything ( every scene) but the actors can only see what they are assigned.

• There are many reasons why Shakespeare created tension within the book and played with Macbeth’s Fate.

The witches introduced Macbeth’s fate. They said his fate was that he should beware of Duncan. Shakespeare is in charge of Macbeth’s fate as he wrote the book and can put anyone where he wants and can write what he wants.

The play would be very different if the witches weren’t there. They told Macbeth that he will be King, which urged him to kill Duncan even more. If they weren’t there Macbeth would not have known his fate , and maybe would have tried as hard to kill Duncan or would not have done it at all.

There is dramatic irony in the play as the audience or readers know more about the play as they watch the whole play so they know about everything that happens, whereas the actors only know way they are assigned.

Another thing is when Macbeth first met the witches he did not ow whether to trust them or not. However the audience know that he should not trust them. This is because earlier in the play the witches did something bad. They cursed a woman’s husband as she did not give some chestnuts to the witches. This is why they shouldn’t have been trusted

To add, when King Duncan was killed, the audience knew that it was Macbeth who killed him however many people blamed Malcolm and Donaldbain for his murder.

Another thing is, that King Duncan had full trust in Macbeth, however the audience knows that Macbeth wants to kill the king to become King, but King Duncan does not know this. This is why many people did not think that Macbeth killed the King as they know that, or they think, that Macbeth was loyal to the king.

Shakespeare created tension by making a prophecy that was ‘no man of woman born could harm Macbeth’, however Macduff was able to kill him. This is as Macduff was not born of a woman he was cut out, he was ‘untimely ripped’, this is how he killed Macbeth as he was not woman born.

This scene starts with Macbeth talking about how he doesn’t want to hear any more about his army that he wants to ‘let them fly’.

This scene starts with Malcolm and Macduff taking to each other about Macbeth a show he went from good to bad,  I know this as it says ‘But Macbeth is A good and virtuous nature may recoil’. They also talked about how Scotland is suffering due to Macbeth tyranny. Which means he is being to hard on them.

In this scene the Witches have come to meet. There are lots of rhymes in this scene. I. This scene Macbeth calls the three witches black hags

In this scene Lennox and another Lord talk about the dispute over England.

In this scene Hecate is upset with the witches met with Ma berth without her. she says “How dare you interfere with Macbeth In riddles and affairs of death” This means she is upset as they interfered in this about death with Macbeth and possibly give him the wrong destiny. She tells the three witches to meet her at the Pit of Acheron to tell Macbeth his destiny. The scene ends with the first witch telling the rest of them to be quick as Hecate will be back.

How has Macbeth changed over the last 3 acts?

Macbeth has changed a lot. He went from a brave and noble soldier to a King who has now killed someone. He killed someone to become king, which he now feels very guilty about. He went from Brave to cowardly as he has shown this by postponing the killing of King Duncan.

This scene changes my view of how Hecate feels about the three witches. We find out that Hecate feel left out for not allowing her to join in with the meddling. I think that the witches gave Macbeth the wrong destiny

I am in Blood                                     Stepped in so far that should I wade no more,                                             Returning were as tedious as go o’er

Macbeth show his guilt by saying he walks in blood, which is the blood of the people he had killed. ‘Stepped in so far’, means that he’s killed so many people. ‘Returning were as tedious as go o’er’ means he cannot turn back. Wade is the way you walk, so should I Wade means he should walk slowly and carefully.