... conceives, and the utter desolation they cause is the evidence of this. Despite these facts, Macbeth and his wife cannot rationalise their heinous deeds with any sense of logic. Ominously, Shakespeare opens the play in 'thunder and lightning'. The three witches collude to meet with Macbeth 'upon the heath'. Automatically an Elizabethan audience would fear the consequences of this short scene ... , for nobody should dabble in the supernatural – especially not such a decorated general like Macbeth. He is introduced to us as &apos ... her social position. Like Lady MacDuff who ...

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