Macbeth AssignmentWhat do you think are the most successful stage effects and linguistic techniques used to create dramatic tension in Act 2, scene 2?Macbeth is a well well-known, famous story by William Shakespeare that talks about the tragedy of ambition and how it destroys Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Both are forever condemned to a state of frightening awareness and insomnia due to the murder of King Duncan. This triggers an unstoppable chain of events that ends with the death of Macbeth himself and the suicide of Lady Macbeth. In the play the lack of sleep becomes fatal, due to the murder committed, and the awareness is terrifying due to the continuous agony of recurring nightmares of their exploits. In a world where murder is seen as a way to test whether the witches' prophecies are true, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are gripped by greed, the only escape seems to be a murder that will stop the nightmare of the murders. Once the murder is committed, the revolt against it becomes entirely absurd and entirely illegitimate, making Macbeth a dark tragedy that unfolds in the night. In Act II Scene II, Shakespeare uses tension and dramatic interest along with stage effects and linguistic techniques to illustrate how Macbeth, with the help of Lady Macbeth influencing him to do so, commits the terrible murder of King Duncan, and the consequences of this. act. The stage effects are present from the beginning of the play which begins in the first act with the witches, awakening Macbeth's ambition. This continues in Scene II of Act II, where Macbeth will take his first steps towards achieving his petty goal. The second act of the play intensely depicts the violence of King Duncan's murder, which is dramatic... middle of paper... knocking on the castle gate greatly increases the dramatic tension; these are the play's best and most successful techniques and stage effects that signal the inevitable (Macbeth is captured). However, it is ironic to finally discover that Macduff was the source of the knock, the person who kills Macbeth to restore the order of things. William Shakespeare's use of stage techniques and linguistic effects in Macbeth are remarkably utilized in creating gradual tension from the moment King Duncan is killed by Macbeth, followed by a short period of relaxation and then increasing it again to the point culmination of the act of regicide. The reader and audience are kept in suspense from the beginning of the play until the final scene. References*All quotes are taken from Macbeth, Act II scene II (handout, Sheffield College)