Writers love to make a story mysterious, making the reader question the main character’s every move. Adding mystery to their writings was one of Shakespeare specialties. Macbeth was one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, which made the reader question the mystery in Macbeth's values. From the killing of King Duncan to killing Banquo, Shakespeare keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. In the play “Macbeth”, Shakespeare uses caesura and cacophony to establish Macbeth's abashed state of mind. Caesuras are used throughout Macbeth's soliloquy to establish an abashed state of mind. Caesuras are hyphens that show pauses made in the soliloquy, “ There’s no such thing. It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes.-- Now o'er