How does Shakespeare create dramatic tension for his audience from the beginning of Macbeth up until
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... f Cawdor´ became true and how he 'burned in desire´ to question them further. Then he tells her of the prediction that he will become King. We gather from this letter that he now believes that the witches´ predictions will come true. Lady Macbeth understands her husband well. She knows, as we do, that he has great ambitions, but she also knows that he would not like to betray his king after Duncan is so kind to him. She knows that she will have to urge her husband on to become king, so she calls for evil spirits to help her. This would have created tension because it is of supernatural leanings again. Lady Macbeth talks about how she will give up her tender, gentle womanly qualities, so that she can become sexless and pitiless,
"…unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty"
Lady Macbeth uses violent imagery in here monologue. She uses images of blood and darkness such as,
"…make thick my blood, stop up the access and passage to remorse…"
This meaning how she would make herself insensitive by blocking up all the pathways by which remorse can reach her heart. This language would seem very ...
