Macbeth Act 1 Summary

Shakespear uses a lot of dramatic techniques in his writing. He uses dramatic irony a lot and also uses juxtaposition, aside, metaphor soliloquy etc. Shakespear also 2 ways to talk about Macbeth. Direct and indirect characterisation. An example with indirect characterisation is when in Act 1 Scene 2 where the captain talks very highly about Macbeth and how he is fearless and other things that are great about him. Direct characterisation is for example when Macbeth talks to Lady Macbeth it shows that he was doubting his choices to kill Duncan and shows how he is quite undecisive.

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