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What Do We Learn About Macbeth in the Opening Chapters?
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What Do We Learn About Macbeth in the Opening Chapters? In the opening chapters of the play we learn much about Macbeth's character and what is able to persuade him to do things. In scene one, before we have met Macbeth, we hear the witches talking about him, this associates him with the witches in our minds from the outset, and as witches are commonly associated with evil, we therefore associate Macbeth with that evil. We learn in scene two that Macbeth is a very brave man and a fearsome warrior. This contrasts with what we have seen in act one, so we do not yet know much about Macbeth. We do know however that he is to be made Thane of Cawdor after the current Thane is put to death for his treacherous ways. The title Thane of Cawdor is now associated with treachery, and, as Macbeth is now the Thane...
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