Monday, September 1, 2008

How does the atmosphere throughout the play "Macbeth" change?

In
literature, href="https://literarydevices.net/atmosphere/">atmosphere describes the
feelings a particular work engenders in the reader.can be created through the use of specific
objects, settings, and moods. In , the atmosphere alternates between
supernatural dread and outright danger as the play progresses. By the end of the play, however,
an atmosphere of death and destruction prevails.

In Act One, the appearance
oflends an otherworldly, macabre atmosphere to the play. It is obvious that the witches are the
heralds of doom. They accostand , demanding to be heard. While Macbeth fixates on the witches'
prophecy that he will be thane of Cawdor and king in the foreseeable future, Banquo is more
disposed towards ignoring the three supernatural apparitions. By the end of Act One,emerges as a
malevolent figure who goads her husband into contemplating regicide (killing a
king/monarch).

Shakespeare uses Lady Macbeth and her malignant nature to
inspire an atmosphere of fear and danger in...

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