As Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are the only characters that are aware of the Monarch’s murder, the audience is indorsed in this knowledge. This engrosses an element of suspense upon the audience, which leads to a more intimate link between the audience and the narrative. The above passage is the epitome of the horrors that circulate the death of King Duncan. The tone is set with the utterance ‘from this instant there’s nothing serious in mortality’, hence the wine of life is drawn, that is; the blood of the corpse that lay is void of zest and meaning – ‘grace is dead’. This very moment is paramount in Shakespeare’s dialogue: it represents the moment at which the psyche of Macbeth is at its most vulnerable; within moments of fulfilling his deed to murder the king, his attitude is confused – ironically, …show more content…
Such language as “the fountain of your blood is stopped, the very source of it is stopped” is indicative of melodramatic and histrionic phonology. Macbeth reflects on what he has done, and in turn his dialogue echoes a flowery and unfamiliar quality. To the contrary, Macduff introduces a clear and concise summary of the event, or as Lennox thereafter shapes – what appears to be so; plain and simply ‘your royal father is murdered’. LENNOX: as it seemed, Duncan servants where the cause, all badged with blood. The audience is exposed to the anxiety that stems from this event, not only the anxiety provoked by sheer guilt, but also by the prospect of innocence. Macbeth is till caught in a moment of duplicity, as his mentality is disordered with feelings of remorse, and yet a subconscious effort overcomes him to conceal his fault – he instinctively constructs a lie to make sense of the seeming revolt of Duncan’s chamber-man –“that I did kill them”. Again, a contrast in language emphasises the tonal range and moods of the event, e.g. MACDUFF: ‘wherefore did you so?’ – Clear and