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How are the scenes throughout Macbeth portrayed?
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How are the scenes throughout Macbeth portrayed? The scene begins at dawn with a blood red sky creeping over a desolate beach, creating a strange eerie atmosphere. The red sky, traditionally symbolic of danger, stands as a warning of evil to come, as in the saying 'Red sky at night shepherds delight red sky in the morning shepherds warning.' The whole image is quite unnerving. A gnarled stick then emerges on the screen, it appears unnatural and disjointed having no apparent owner. The distorted form is reminiscent of a witches finger. Much of the scene is carried out in absolute silence, creating an atmospheric tension broken only by the cry of a seagull, reminiscent of the cry of a human child, a disturbing sound. Nearing the end of the scene music begins to evolve, it follows a disjointed atonal rhythm, denoting the presence of evil. The speech of the witches is...
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