In this essay I am going to be exploring how Shakespeare shows that the key characters are disturbed. The key scenes I am going to be looking at are ‘Macbeth’ Act 2 scene 2 and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Act 3 scene 5. Firstly, I am going to look at how the use of questions in ‘Macbeth’ shows that he is disturbed. Macbeth has just killed King Duncan; he has blood on his hands and is terribly shocked by the murder. He killed the king because he believed that the three witches told him to; also Lady Macbeth encourages Macbeth to kill the king for power. Macbeth is disturbed by knocking, which he is imagining: ‘Whence is that knocking? How is’t with me when every noise appals me?’ This shows that Macbeth is disturbed because he is talking to himself about strange noises. The knocking could show nature knocking; this is because killing a king was a terrible thing to do in those days. The knocking could also show his conscience. Macbeth could be going crazy because of what he did. The word ‘appals’ shows that Macbeth is horrified or in shock about the noises. He says that ‘every noise appals’, which shows that he could be haunted. Macbeth is meant to be a brave solider and killed many men before. Macbeth was protecting the king in the war but now the war …show more content…
This shows that they are listening to each other very carefully as they do not want anyone to hear that Macbeth has killed the king. There is one interruption in this scene; this is when Lady Capulet interrupts Macbeth because he is worried by the noises that he is hearing. Macbeth says ‘chief nourisher in life’s feast’. Lady Macbeth harshly interrupts by saying ‘what do you mean?’ She is disturbed because she has no control over what Macbeth is doing. She could also be shocked with Macbeth’s reaction to killing the king. For Lady Macbeth to interrupt Macbeth shows that she is a very dominant character in the