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(An Analysis of the Importance of Macbeth act 4:2) Shakespeare writes the great play of Macbeth in a very mysterious way, leading his audience to wonder if his intriguing concepts were purposeful or accidental. He was so monumental that he was able to do many things within just one single scene. Macbeth’s scene two in act four is arguably the most pivotal scene within the whole play. Shakespeare was able to incorporate almost every theme of the whole play in one scene, even if just mentioned briefly. It is in this scene which Shakespeare’s audience realizes how bad Macbeth has gotten and how corrupt his thinking is. Pathetic could be another way to describe this scene because the audience is forced to have pity for Lady Macduff as she says her final words which, at the times, is unapparent to her. Shakespeare writes the greatest scene in the play of Macbeth in Act 4: Scene 2 when he encompasses the major themes together in one small portion of the play. …show more content…
After barely introducing Lady Macduff, she is already revealing her character by asking the messenger where he husband went and why. When she learns that he fled to England she interprets the information herself and is confused at why he left her and her son in Scotland unprotected. “To leave his wife, to leave his babes, his mansion and his titles, in a place from whence himself does fly? He loves us not.” (page 385, lines 6-8) Lady Macduff speaks to the messenger and gets slightly distraught over learning of her husband’s departure. She believes he is not manly if he had the audacity to leave them behind while he fled to England. Little did she know that her husband went away to get help to conquer Macbeth. This concept has its own irony if it is analyzed as a
(An Analysis of the Importance of Macbeth act 4:2) Shakespeare writes the great play of Macbeth in a very mysterious way, leading his audience to wonder if his intriguing concepts were purposeful or accidental. He was so monumental that he was able to do many things within just one single scene. Macbeth’s scene two in act four is arguably the most pivotal scene within the whole play. Shakespeare was able to incorporate almost every theme of the whole play in one scene, even if just mentioned briefly. It is in this scene which Shakespeare’s audience realizes how bad Macbeth has gotten and how corrupt his thinking is. Pathetic could be another way to describe this scene because the audience is forced to have pity for Lady Macduff as she says her final words which, at the times, is unapparent to her. Shakespeare writes the greatest scene in the play of Macbeth in Act 4: Scene 2 when he encompasses the major themes together in one small portion of the play. …show more content…
After barely introducing Lady Macduff, she is already revealing her character by asking the messenger where he husband went and why. When she learns that he fled to England she interprets the information herself and is confused at why he left her and her son in Scotland unprotected. “To leave his wife, to leave his babes, his mansion and his titles, in a place from whence himself does fly? He loves us not.” (page 385, lines 6-8) Lady Macduff speaks to the messenger and gets slightly distraught over learning of her husband’s departure. She believes he is not manly if he had the audacity to leave them behind while he fled to England. Little did she know that her husband went away to get help to conquer Macbeth. This concept has its own irony if it is analyzed as a