... to its audience." The play was written to please the king and included many of his interests; especially his interest of witches and witchcraft and consequently the witches are key characters in the play. Due to the purported relationship between King James I and Banquo, Shakespeare has included Banquo in the play to be a good character, as to flatter the king. Shakespeare also wrote the play because there was actually a Macbeth, ... dramatic scene, different from previous scenes in the play. Shakespeare increased the dramatic tension in this scene not only from what the characters say b...

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