Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a perfect example of a story that upholds and dramatizes the character of the “flawed hero”. It is a story that revolves around a great general named Macbeth who is given a prophecy that leads him to make questionable actions and creates a theme of madness throughout the play. Is Macbeth a flawed character? Macbeth’s flawed nature in our chosen scene is highlighted by Shakespeare through various language techniques and has also been interpreted through drama techniques by my group.
Shakespeare’s use of metaphor to convey Macbeth’s flawed nature is shown at the start of the scene in ‘There’s blood on thy face’. Macbeth is talking to The First Murderer in this, asking whether he has killed Banquo. The image of blood on a person’s face symbolises guilt and foreshadows what is to come for Macbeth, as later in the scene this representation comes back as Macbeth guiltiness of the injustice he has committed starts showing in his face when he hallucinates the image of Banquo’s ghost. My group interpreted this through stylised movement. Macbeth’s uneasiness towards the outcome of whether the murderer has killed Banquo or not is exaggerated by the actor’s facial and body expression to make his flaw obvious to the audience.
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Macbeth is speaking about how he is once again feeling surrounded and overwhelmed with fear and doubts because of Fleance escaping and how his plan has gone wrong. The alliteration of the ‘c’ emphasizes the frustration of Macbeth and shows his diminishing confidence. My group interpreted his feelings through tone in voice. The desperate, frightened tone used by Macbeth’s actor whilst speaking reveals the drastic change from bravery and morality in the beginning to madness and fear in Macbeth’s