How does the world of the play established in Act One prepare responders for the key
How does the world of the play established in Act One prepare responders for the key concerns explored in ‘Macbeth’? Shakespeare has created a world of unrest, violence and wickedness in the play, Macbeth. Many of his ideas are established in Act I and raged through it creating a sense of uncontrollable darkness that is present right from the beginning and will only viciously spread and grow through out the play. ... Rampant through the play is the idea that “Fair is foul, and foul is fair,” (Act I/scene1/line 12); appearances are deceptive. In Act I, this idea is significantly established through Shakespeare’s use of stage directions, characters, atmosphere and mood, and dramatic irony. The first technique Shakespeare had used even before the play begun on its first line is stage directions, setting and characters to communicate a direct opening to what the play, Macbeth, is about. Act I, Scene 1 is set in a “desolate place” of “thunder and lightning” and entrance of three witches. ... The first message is then introduced as the witches chanted in unison for the first time “Fair is foul, and foul is fair,” (Act I/scene1/line12).