Accounting Principles
In this essay I will be looking into how Shakespeare conveys evil in the scenes, conveys their guilt, how he creates suspense and shows the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. I will also be describing how the characters progress in the scenes. Both Act 2, scene 2 and Act 5, scene 1 are important scenes in this Shakespeare play as it demonstrates how both of the main characters were at the beginning of the story and towards the end.
Shakespeare conveys evil in the aforementioned scenes in many ways. Firstly, in Act 2, scene 2 Macbeth hears the guards say “God bless us” to which he cannot respond with “Amen”. this shows that the thought of the evil deed just hit Macbeth, he just realised what he had done and felt as if God was no longer close to him due to what he had just done. Shakespeare also uses different types of language and techniques which helps him elaborate the scene in a way that makes the reader feel involved in the play, for example Shakespeare builds suspense by not writing about the murder of the king, “I have done the deed” this is the first thing we see Macbeth saying which points us to believe that he killed Duncan, we then see Lady Macbeth telling him to take the bloody daggers and smear the blood on the sleeping grooms. This is the evidence that Macbeth really did kill Duncan.
This evil is also conveyed in Act 5, scene 1 where the Doctor has been summoned to have a look at Lady Macbeth, the Gentlewoman explains Lady Macbeth’s condition to which he replies with “A great perturbation in nature, to receive at once the benefit of sleep and do the effects of watching” the Doctor can tell that there is something bothering Lady Macbeth which is causing her to sleepwalk. After he analysed her actions whilst sleep walking he comes to the conclusion that “unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles” this shows that even characters around Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are beginning to suspect a great evil deed has been committed. In
Shakespeare conveys evil in the aforementioned scenes in many ways. Firstly, in Act 2, scene 2 Macbeth hears the guards say “God bless us” to which he cannot respond with “Amen”. this shows that the thought of the evil deed just hit Macbeth, he just realised what he had done and felt as if God was no longer close to him due to what he had just done. Shakespeare also uses different types of language and techniques which helps him elaborate the scene in a way that makes the reader feel involved in the play, for example Shakespeare builds suspense by not writing about the murder of the king, “I have done the deed” this is the first thing we see Macbeth saying which points us to believe that he killed Duncan, we then see Lady Macbeth telling him to take the bloody daggers and smear the blood on the sleeping grooms. This is the evidence that Macbeth really did kill Duncan.
This evil is also conveyed in Act 5, scene 1 where the Doctor has been summoned to have a look at Lady Macbeth, the Gentlewoman explains Lady Macbeth’s condition to which he replies with “A great perturbation in nature, to receive at once the benefit of sleep and do the effects of watching” the Doctor can tell that there is something bothering Lady Macbeth which is causing her to sleepwalk. After he analysed her actions whilst sleep walking he comes to the conclusion that “unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles” this shows that even characters around Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are beginning to suspect a great evil deed has been committed. In