The setting of the play take place in Scotland and also England in the eleventh century. As in the real history, Shakespeare wrote this play at the time period when James I is the king. And also, people believes the witchcraft and prophecies which will be very important and significant in the whole play. The opening of the play starts with a stormy weather, which illustrate the idea that the whole play will surrounded by darkness and horrors. The dessert of the opening, which foreshadows that Scotland is under chaos, just like after Macbeth kills the king and rule his country under tyrannize.
Point of View and Significance
Shakespeare uses a third person objective point of view to reveal the whole play. Since Macbeth is a play, Shakespeare …show more content…
One of them is blood. The bloody battlefield against the Norwegians, revealing the violence and braveness of Macbeth. The blood on Macbeth’s hands after killing Duncan and Banquo symbolizes the guilt Macbeth and Lady Macbeth can never be washed or erased, like Macbeth’s statement, “No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red (2.2.82).” At the end of the play, Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking and cries, “Who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him (5.1.42).” Lady Macbeth sees her hands in blood, which connects to the murder of Duncan she planned with Macbeth. At that time she said a little water will clean it off, but now she would never thought that the guilt of killing Duncan is so heavy that it will never relieve her from sins and corruptions. Another significant literary device is dramatic irony, where Duncan is visiting Macbeth’s castle and states, “This castle hath a pleasant seat,” and “We love him highly and shall continue our graces towards him.” Those sentences reveals that Duncan respect Macbeth very well that he feels great happiness to live under his roof, and have no idea that Macbeth will be the one who kills him when he sleeps in their castle. Only the audiences know everything, how Macbeth’s ambition moves him to kill Duncan and he is a completely opposite character than what Duncan sees on the
Point of View and Significance
Shakespeare uses a third person objective point of view to reveal the whole play. Since Macbeth is a play, Shakespeare …show more content…
One of them is blood. The bloody battlefield against the Norwegians, revealing the violence and braveness of Macbeth. The blood on Macbeth’s hands after killing Duncan and Banquo symbolizes the guilt Macbeth and Lady Macbeth can never be washed or erased, like Macbeth’s statement, “No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red (2.2.82).” At the end of the play, Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking and cries, “Who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him (5.1.42).” Lady Macbeth sees her hands in blood, which connects to the murder of Duncan she planned with Macbeth. At that time she said a little water will clean it off, but now she would never thought that the guilt of killing Duncan is so heavy that it will never relieve her from sins and corruptions. Another significant literary device is dramatic irony, where Duncan is visiting Macbeth’s castle and states, “This castle hath a pleasant seat,” and “We love him highly and shall continue our graces towards him.” Those sentences reveals that Duncan respect Macbeth very well that he feels great happiness to live under his roof, and have no idea that Macbeth will be the one who kills him when he sleeps in their castle. Only the audiences know everything, how Macbeth’s ambition moves him to kill Duncan and he is a completely opposite character than what Duncan sees on the