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    Macbeth 1.5-7

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    This document discusses themes and techniques in Shakespeare's Macbeth. It notes how the play uses dramatic irony to foreshadow Macbeth's betrayal of King Duncan, as well as light and stars as symbols of evil fate. Lady Macbeth is portrayed through her use of prose to reflect her gender and status. The passage also analyzes her belief in prophecies and willingness to gain power through deception and unfair means, as referenced in Macbeth's soliloquy.

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    This document discusses themes and techniques in Shakespeare's Macbeth. It notes how the play uses dramatic irony to foreshadow Macbeth's betrayal of King Duncan, as well as light and stars as symbols of evil fate. Lady Macbeth is portrayed through her use of prose to reflect her gender and status. The passage also analyzes her belief in prophecies and willingness to gain power through deception and unfair means, as referenced in Macbeth's soliloquy.

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    This document discusses themes and techniques in Shakespeare's Macbeth. It notes how the play uses dramatic irony to foreshadow Macbeth's betrayal of King Duncan, as well as light and stars as symbols of evil fate. Lady Macbeth is portrayed through her use of prose to reflect her gender and status. The passage also analyzes her belief in prophecies and willingness to gain power through deception and unfair means, as referenced in Macbeth's soliloquy.

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    Macbeth 1.5-7

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    This document discusses themes and techniques in Shakespeare's Macbeth. It notes how the play uses dramatic irony to foreshadow Macbeth's betrayal of King Duncan, as well as light and stars as symbols of evil fate. Lady Macbeth is portrayed through her use of prose to reflect her gender and status. The passage also analyzes her belief in prophecies and willingness to gain power through deception and unfair means, as referenced in Macbeth's soliloquy.

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    1.

    These lines are significance as Shakespeare uses dramatic irony as The


    Thane of Cawdor betrayed King Duncan and so will Macbeth.
    2. Shakespeare uses light as a euphemism for evil. The relevance of the stars
    in the night sky suggests that Macbeth’s fate has been written in the stars.
    3. Prose is used as it can represent someone’s station. It was common in
    Shakespeare’s time for woman to be less educated and was reflected in
    the way they spoke. It is also used as Lady Macbeth is reading a letter
    rather than her own words.
    4. This shows that Lady Macbeth believes the prophecy and is superstitious.
    This helps to highlight her nature it also shows how she is willing to do
    anything for power. It also shows how Lady Macbeth will have to force
    Macbeth as he is to nice.
    5. ‘you wait on natures mischief’ this shows that Macbeth is waiting for
    nature to take its coarse not do anything himself and ‘innocent flower,
    but be the serpent’ shows how he is going to deceive the people around
    him and betray them.
    6. This relates to this scene as nothing is ‘fair’ or as it seems. It also relates
    to this scene as it shows how you can’t get anywhere without being
    unfair.
    7. The use of euphemism helps to make Macbeth’s soliloquy more palatable.
    The reference to murder as ‘it’ helps to removes Macbeth’s resolve about
    the murder.
    8. ‘S

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