... had already studied Shakespeare from many facets. The Brazilian writer even affirms that the long dialogue between Macduff and Malcolm on the fourth act was a literal transcription of a Holinshed text. Yet, Shakespeare changed some aspects of the chronicler text, as King Duncan's death: in his work, Macbeth had stabbed him while he was asleep - just like in the movie, and in Holinshed ... an uncanny skill in the handling of exposition, in the maintaining of tension through a succession of brilliant dramatic scenes, in the use of parallelism, contrast and comic relief and, lastly, in the ...

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... soliloquy. They are indeed, a device, used more cunningly by those cleverer character's such as Iago. In the very beginning scenes of Act one we see in the dialogue the relationship between Iago and Roderigo. Some of the speeches Iago makes to Roderigo are so foolishly ignored; they might as well be soliloquies. Iago begins with "despise me if I do not- and the whole ... own heartfelt response, but simply perhaps what Iago wishes him to say. Instantly we see the strength in the character of Iago, in complete juxtaposition with the weakness of Roderigo, who mirrors the stupidity of Sir A...

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