Macbeth

Introduction: It was Aristotle who said that the function of tragedy is to arouse the emotions of pity and fear in the audience and by so doing effect a catharsis of these emotions. The pity is generally aroused at the contemplation of the tragic fate of the hero which results due to his blindness; the … Read more

Use of blank verse:  Macbeth is, for the most part, written in blank verse. The basic unit of blank verse is a line in iambic pentameter without a rhyme scheme but, increasingly in his plays, Shakespeare’s use of this line and the number of its syllables and stresses became freer.   A strict iambic pentameter … Read more