Stylistic/Literary/Aesthetic Devices

Question 1

Tragic Hero

Answer 1

Shakespeare created the “tragic hero” - Macbath represents this - a hero with great faults that can become their falling - Macbeth’s was that he was the cause of so many uncessary deaths

Question 2

Shakespeare uses several literary devices to enhance the feeling of evil (he creates a serioud sinister mood by having most of the play take place, heavy emphasis on supernatural - witches, dreams, spells and ghosts
Time and place context and cultural assumptions - draws of these to create a piece relevant to the time (hence witches and supernatural)