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How Effectively Does Shakespeare Introduce The Major Themes Of The First Three Scenes?
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How Effectively Does Shakespeare Introduce The Major Themes Of The First Three Scenes? There are two main themes in the play Macbeth; these are the paradox "Fair is foul and foul is fair" and the tragic hero theme. These themes are introduced in the opening scenes and they are carried on throughout the rest of the play. I am going to analyse the ways in which Shakespeare introduces these themes in the opening three scenes of the play. The theme of "Fair is foul and foul is fair" means that the moral values in the play, along with everything else, have totally been turned around. Shakespeare uses this paradox to illustrate the fact that, in the play, people will do foul things to achieve, in their eyes, fair results. The tragic hero theme simply shows Macbeth as a hero with a fatal flaw, who could be great if it wasn't for...
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