... happy but disappointed for "There's no art / To find the mind's construction in the face. / He (now deceased Cawdor) was a gentleman on whom I built / An absolute trust." Is there some irony that just after saying this Duncan greets Macbeth in absolute trust? Doesn't this guy learn from experience? Anyway, Duncan is glad to see Macbeth and Banquo and promises Macbeth great ... us how kind he was. No matter because good is bad is back as Lady M tells Macbeth to "Look like th" innocent flower, / But be the serpent under "t." Notice the irony in the comment "He (Duncan) that's coming / Mus...

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... of washing her hands with water would clear her of any guilt, and now she thinks that light will destroy the evil she has created. Yet this scene also shows irony, as the crime she believed she had "washed away" was still ever present in her mind. By the end of the play, just before the British army attack Macbeth's castle ... ...

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... alarmed suspicion from Banquo. Macbeth felt he had to do something about it to get his peace and security back. He had to remove all threats. There was a lot of irony when Macbeth said; 'But Banquo's safe.' Where Macbeth saw being dead as a safe alternative. This is because he would have no worries about having to be suspicious of others, to ... ...

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... 's untimely death, yet in his ignorance he describes it as "pleasant." Duncan goes on to describe Lady Macbeth as his "Fair and noble hostess."(Act1, Scene vi) This drips of irony, since it is Lady Macbeth who fully convinces her husband Macbeth to murder Duncan. This is yet another example of contrast between appearance and reality. Later, when Macbeth is asked ... ...

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... was mistaken as he deceived Duncan and then he was greatly wrong about Macbeth. They trusted Macbeth even so he gave him the title Thane of Cawdor. It was dramatic irony that as Duncan's trust grew; Macbeth was plotting to kill him. Duncan's trust was another factor which encouraged Macbeth's ambition because he believed that if Duncan believed in him then ... ...

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... when thee not, Chaos is come again." (III.3.98-100) He means that if he didn't love Desdemona, it would be chaos. This buildsup the tension because of the dramatic irony because we, the audience, know what's going to come. Iago continues to make Othello suspicious and then says: "Utter my thoughts? Why say, they are vile, and false?" Shakespeare again ... ...

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... , or life and death. As Macbeth's mind continues to produce hallucinations, he is visited by the ghost of Banquo. The appearance of Banquo to Macbeth can be seen as dramatic irony because Macbeth knows that Banquo is dead and still mentions his absence during the feast to appear innocent in the eyes of others. When Macbeth is finally killed, it is ... ...

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