Authors apply certain literary devices in their text to engage the reader. By using specific words or ideas, passages have the effect of mystery, tension, and suspense. During Acts 1 and 2, of Macbeth, Shakespeare uses these techniques several times. As a result, the start of the play gives off feelings of uncertainty, and anticipation. The author’s rhetoric created a lasting effect on the reader. Shakespeare’s structural choices create an effect of mystery, tension, and suspense in the first two acts of the play, during the first appearance of the witches, the introduction of Macbeth through other characters, and the use of dramatic irony in Duncan’s murder.
During the opening the play, the witches are first introduced to the reader. The
During the opening the play, the witches are first introduced to the reader. The