[Help] Macbeth

[Prince_bbt]

I have a coursework to write about Macbeth.
The heading is... In Macbeth, how does Shakespeare create dramatic tension in the scenes leading up to Dunccan's death?

Please help me with this, I don't have a clue about what to write at all :bawling:

[jakic.j]

The Macbeth hesitates to kill Duncan, he has killed somebody in the past, and he knows the feeling. But the tension, the dramatic tension is created by the comments from Macbeth himself, similar to Dostoevsky's crime and punishment, when Raskolnikov says:
'but is It really going to happen? Is it possible it really will happen?'

[Dipen Guha]

In fact, the influence of the witches on Macbeth is to echo his unconscious or half-conscious self. We do not certainly affirm as to what extent Macbeth holds guilt in mind, when he hears the prophecy, Macbeth is no innocent. On the contrary, the prophecy has wrought upon his blood, and an affinity has been made with the witches. His secret ambition has come by a vista to the tresured goal. The correspondence between the mind of Macbeth and the nature of witches is further borne out by the fact that the last words of the witches in the first scene are the very first words of Macbeth in Act I, Scene III. The flame of his dangerous ambition is trimmed up by their last prophecy, and he cries out to know more from the witches : "Stay you imperfect speakers// Tell me more"?
Temptation was lying latent in Macbeth. He is tempted only by his over-vaulting ambition. Macbeth's next course is decisive and fearful. The two of the prophecies are fulfilled, and Macbeth is determined to implement the third by his bloody act. He resolves to kill the king but this is no counsel from the witches.

[O'Brian]

In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses nature to build up tension. The regicide takes place at night. On the eve of the slaying, there were reports of earthquakes and eerie screams heard off in the distance. Also, animals were observed acting very strange... I think they mention an owl eating a hawk...a lesser creature eating a superior creature. .. thus Owl eating a hawk is like Macbeth killing Duncan... Finally, after Duncan's death, there is mention of horses eating each other... as if the death of the King has disrupted nature and turned it on end.


Also, you probably have to mention the Dagger apparition that Macbeth sees. He wonders if he's going crazy or if it's real. A question that is truly subjective and can be asked numerous times throughout the play.