P4 Flashcards
1
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topic sentence
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A final way Shakespeare makes Macbeth an engrossing character is through the intense emotions he feels towards the end of the play.
2
Q
point
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After Macbeth learns his wife has died he is filled with misery and despair.
3
Q
evidence
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This is made evidently clear when he says, “Life’s but a walking shadow.”
4
Q
analysis
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Shakespeare uses personification here to compare life to a person walking, this provides the audience with an understanding that Macbeth believes life is nothing but a mere ‘shadow’, in other words having no substance. This suggests he views his existence as being pointless.
