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Macbeth Passage Essay

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William Shakespeare, born on 23 of April 1564 in England in a place called Stratford. His father was a seller of grains and leather and one of the officials in town. Shakespeare was 3rd born out of the 8 children. His mother Mary originated from a wealthier family of a landowner and prosperous farmers. On the 28th of November 1582, he married Anne Hathaway who was a daughter of near Stratford farmer and gave birth to three children. In the year 1590, Shakespeare removed to London and there he joined a business in touring theater. He was one of the leading actors of the Lord Chamberlain's organization. By the year 1590, Shakespeare had become a well-established writer. The passage above and other literature materials written by Shakespeare happen …show more content…

The focus is general tobring Macbeth to attention which is seen to track him through the entire passage exposition. The entire exposition found as not being right because the prevailing characters are seen to be introduced in the passage in all the scenes and this can be taken as being the first act of exposition (Harold p.41) .First incident. The passage is introduced with lady Macbeth who speaks in an indirect tone about the shame she was holding though she had the same hands as the other character. Rising action. This is seen in the period in which lady Macbeth heard a knocking on her and immediately responded to it in the second sentence of the passage. Duncan’s murder is the climax of the passage and this is followed by Macbeth clearing his hands with water after the act of murder he had just committed in the third last sentence of the passage. The passage is closed by Lady Macbeth asking Macbeth how easy it was to kill the …show more content…

However, at the same time, Lady Macbeth is seen to be asking her husband in a mocking tone of how hard it was for him to commit the murder. Besides these occasions, there is a constant mood of bleakness and dreariness through the passage. This mood is as a result of the act of murder which had just happened in the passage. The text in the passage has a positive correlation with the present actions and attitudes of passage writing. The character in the passage is seen to be influenced a woman which is a common trend of doing things today whether politics or business. The mood that adopted in the passage is because of the different roles played by different characters, for example, the one played by the character of

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