English 11 AP
Macbeth Passage Analysis
Heres a knocking indeed! If a man were gatekeeper of hell-gate, he should have old turning the key. [Knocking.] Knock, knock, knock. Whos thither, i the score of Belzebub? Heres a farmer that hanged himself on the foresight of plenty: come in time; have napkins enow nigh you; here youll sweat fort.â€"[Knocking.] Knock, knock! Whos there, in the new(prenominal) devils name? Faith, heres an equivocator that could swear in both the scales against either scale, who committed duplicity enough for Gods sake, yet could not equivocate to heaven: O, come in, equivocator. [Knocking.] Knock, knock, knock! Whos there? Faith, heres an English tailor come hither, for stealing come forth of a French hose: come in, tailor; here you may roast your goose.â€" [Knocking.] Knock, knock: never at muted! What are you?â€"But this place is too cold for hell. Ill devil-porter it no further: I had thought to have permit in some of all professions, that go the primrose trend to the everlasting bonfire. [Knocking.] Anon, anon! I pray you, remember the porter.
Shakespeare (2.3; 1-20)
Shakespeare uses the porters monologue to drastically alter the readers tension by shifting the play into a satiric and sympathetic tone.
The way the porter blindly pretends to receive visitors to Macbeths castle introduces the impression of Macbeths castle as a hypothetical Hell, giving the reader a strong intelligence of irony and humorous relief. The fact that the porter is speaking in prose instead of a poetic manner sets a characteristic contrast of the porters speech with the rest of the play, consequently developing the humor given to the reader even further. The cogitate why the reader can perceive the porters irony and humor is not only because of the tone he delivers his assumptions but also because of the fact that he innocently and unknowingly delivers his assumptions that are miserably true if seen in a nonliteral sense.
By conceptualizing Macbeths castle as the...If you want to aspire a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com
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