... the news of his wife's death, he was indifferent. The bloody road had turned him into a numb person. His mind was taken up by the throne and sin. Shakespeare did well in putting allusions into Macbeth's monologue. It revealed Macbeth's helpless, lonely and despairing mentality by the end of his life. Another example was found in Richard II, Act IV, Sc. 1, when Richard was threaten ... by Bolingbroke, he said that his official were Judases angrily. Judas now means betrayer who betrays his lord. Shakespeare cited this allusion in order to display ... ...

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