So, before we even meet Macbeth, he has sliced someone in half and chopped his head off as a prize. ‘Till he unseam’d him from the nave to th’ chops, Those developments are described very graphically by the Captain, who tells us of Macbeth fighting Macdonwald: We are not told the causes of ‘the revolt’ but merely its ‘newest state’, that is, just the latest developments. So when the play begins, the violence of the battle has already been happening. ‘What bloody man is that?’ asks Duncan, drawing attention to him. Even before any characters are on stage, the theatre’s special effects of thunder and lightning, made with gunpowder, cannonballs and fireworks, would have sounded, and smelled, like a battle.Īfter the Witches, one of the first characters we see is the Captain, wounded in battle in Act I, scene 2. ![]() These might be the scenes of violence which are the most obvious in the play, but there are others throughout. Finally, he attempts to keep his reign by fighting Macduff. ![]() ![]() Macbeth takes the throne of Scotland by killing Duncan and his guards, and tries to hold on to it by sending people to murder Banquo and Macduff’s family.
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