Foreshadowing In Macbeth

It is widely known across the world that Shakespeare is and will be one of the world’s greatest poet and play writer. The way he structures plays such as Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, but one of his all-time greatest play would have to be Macbeth. A story that has and would be read around the world for hundreds and hundreds of years to come.

Shakespeare always knew how to keep his audience on the edge of their seats. His use of dynamic characters, irony, and foreshadowing creates a sense of involvement for the audience. A type of irony used in Macbeth is irony. When a character says one thing and means another thing like sort of hypocritical. Examples of this are when Macbeth says to Banquo, “Tonight we hold a solemn supper, sir, And I’ll

In the play they are known as prophecies. The readers experiences some of the prophecies almost as soon in the opening scene and act of the play. When the witches talk about meeting Macbeth they say they will say hi to him, "when the battles lost and won." And yell together, "fair is foul, and foul is fair.” These two examples foreshadowing that some evil will be coming and that there will be some victor of sorts, but the reader can’t decipher specifically what yet. These also suggest a great battle is about to happen against good and evil and the events that will happen next. This foreshadowing can be detected by the reader because they can tell what’s going to happen.

A dynamic character is anyone who goes through a change. Macbeth is a example of this kind of change. At the start of the play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth can be viewed as a manipulative and ambiguous lady which is also viewed an overall evil appeal. But, as the play goes on, Macbeth changes to one that sounds regretful for her actions and everything she has done. Through Macbeth’s actions and words the author views her transformation from a evil person to a kind living human soul.

All in all, Shakespeare always shows and knows how to keep his audience on the edge of their seats. With his use of dynamic characters, irony, and foreshadowing creates a sense of involvement for the audience. He always seems to show a lot of elements of