Macbeth Act 1 Scene 7 Analysis

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The setting of Act 1 scene 7 lines 1-50 of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth takes place in Macbeth’s castle dining room, where Macbeth complaints whether he should kill Duncan or not, he decides that he shouldn't kill Duncan.However he is quickly put in place by Lady Macbeth. The this scene is presented through Shakespeare usage of metaphors, similes and foreshadowing.
The beginning scene is macbeth soliloquy in which it display Macbeth’s last moments of free will. Shakespeare uses this hunting metaphor to display macbeth thinking the benefits and consequences of killing Duncan “If the assassination/Could trammel up the consequence,catch/With his surcease success”(1.7.2-4), he compares murdering Duncan to the catching of a wild animal and

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