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How does Shakespeare create tension and atmosphere in four scenes?
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Rachel Morgan 11b Macbeth Course Work How does Shakespeare create tension and atmosphere in four scenes? Introduction In this essay my intention is to show how shakespeare created atmosphere and tention in the following scenes - Act 1 scene 1 - Act 1 scene 3 - Act2 scene 1 - Act2 scene 3 When Shakespeare wrote this play it was designed for an Elizabethan audience. People of this time believed in God and the devil, and heaven and hell as real places. They also believed in evil spirits and the power of witchcraft and magic. James I himself was interested in the subject, he'd even written several books on it. One Scottish woman called Agnes Sampson was accused of trying to kill James by witchcraft, she was supposed to have attached parts of a dead body to a cat, sailed to sea to cause a storm to wreck the king's ship. People also...
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