A Literary Analysis Of Macbeth By William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare has been known for centuries as a literary legend. Not only were his plays and poems written with such high intelligence and creativity, but they were so memorable that people continue to study them to this day. Furthermore, one of his more significant plays that he wrote, Macbeth, has been intensely analyzed since the day it came out in 1606--and people still do not understand it entirely. This is simply because of the complex characterization he portrays throughout the majority of the play, the wording choices he chooses to utilize, and the blatant darkness that always seems to be found within the text. But, due to the intense writing style and uniqueness exhibited throughout the storyline, Macbeth has been known as one of the most …show more content…
For the most part, Shakespeare had a strict writing style that was mostly followed throughout the play. It was likely complicated, dark, confusing, or a mixture of all three. However, there were some scenes where it appeared as though he had no clue what he was trying to say, or even made something up entirely. Furthermore, when Macbeth says “Whence is that knocking?— How is’t with me, when every noise appals me? What hands are here! Ha, they pluck out mine eyes. Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red,”(2.2.55-65), it shows as though he is so deeply depressed and scarred from his sins that his hands’ blood