Macbeth Act 4 Scene 1
Submitted by madnotes on May 23, 2008
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Macbeth Act 4 Scene 1
MACBETH ESSAY
Q: Outline the importance of Act IV Scene I of the play Macbeth, highlighting the dramatic irony & symbolism in it. (Quote from the text to support your answer.)
The witches are an important element of the play and help to develop its intricate aspects. They intensify the theatrical experience with images of darkness; thunder and lightning that make Macbeth the tragedy that it is. Their actions and appearance as ‘dark hags’ add a sense of the supernatural and imminent evil. The rhythmic chanting of, ‘Double, double, toil and trouble: Fire burn and cauldron bubble’ has an almost hypnotic quality to it. The fact that there are three...
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