... . There is a lot of irony in this small penultimate scene of act 1. Duncan comments on the pleasant atmosphere of the castle and how there is a very welcoming mood in the air. Lady Macbeth greets him with admiration and honour; yet more irony shown because she is hiding her intensions. All of the gratitude and thanks towards Macbeth shown by Duncan earlier ... on the terrible weather and strange events of the night. "The night has been unruly. Where we lay, Our chimneys were blown down, and as they say Lamentings heard I" th" air, strange screams of death," This is ironic because a death...

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... "shrouded in darkness" in Act IV, after he flees to England to escape Macbeth's tyranny. Under Macbeth's leadership, Scotland is filled with "sighs, and groans, and shrieks, that rent the air," all signs that something horrible has enveloped the country and its leader (Act IV, iii, 168). Macduff describes Scotland as "O nation miserable!" (Act IV, iii, 103). All of these descriptions ... ...

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... possess was the ability to fly. This belief is brought into the play in the very first scene when the witches stand together and all say; "Hover through the filthy air." Witches were understood to be able to kill any animal they wanted. They were often accused of harming livestock such as pigs. In act 1 scene 3, the second witch has been ... ...

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... because they can draw him into their world. Before the scene is ended they contradict themselves by saying, "Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through fog and filthy air" This oxymoron is used to make the witches seem more evil. They are saying that the day will be good and bad and the events that are going to happen ... ...

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... 's murder, Lenox speaks of the strange happenings of the night: "The night has been unruly: where we lay, Our chimneys were blown down; and, as they say, Lamentings heard i" the air; strange screams of death, And prophesying with accents terrible Of dire combustion, and confused events, New hatched to the woeful time. The obscure bird clamoured the livelong night: Some say ... ...

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... 's, Macbeth does not involve Lady Macbeth. He goes crazy though, and sees the ghost of Banquo at his banquet. When he killed Duncan he also saw ghostly images- like the air drawn daggers- and many of this was before the first murder. . After that point, his perepeteia, he seems to get over his craziness. Perhaps it is easier to commit the ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School