FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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a pun
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Foreshadowing
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Dramatic Irony
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Verbal Irony
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something that the characters do not. As the porter is answering the door and talking about the gates of hell, the audience knows about a hellish deed that has been committed-Duncan’s Murder.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lennox mentions that the night has been unruly (line 51). The lamentations (wailings) heard suggest that all of nature is in turmoil due to the king’s murder. We are reminded that the Jacobeans believed in a divine order. This order was decided by God, who they believed was ultimately in control of the universe.
Detailed explanation-3: -For example, Lennox sarcastically says that Banquo was killed because he “walked too late” (line 6). He advises, “Men must not walk too late” (line 8). This is ironic because he does not mean that walking late is dangerous. In fact, he implies that Macbeth has murdered Banquo for no good cause.
Detailed explanation-4: -Here are some examples of verbal irony in Macbeth: “He was a gentleman on whom I built/An absolute trust.” In Act I Scene iv, Duncan says this of the former Thane of Cawdor. The irony lies in the fact that he also trusts Macbeth, the new Thane of Cawdor, but Macbeth is already considering killing Duncan.
Detailed explanation-5: -How does Lennox describe the night, and what is M.’s response? Lennox describes the night as unruly, windy, and strange screams of death, M. responds with “ ‘Twas a rough night."