Macbeth AssignmentWhat do you consider to be the most successful stage effects and language techniques used to create dramatic tension in Act 2, Scene 2?Macbeth is a well-known, famous story by William Shakespeare which talks about the tragedy of ambition and how it destroys Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Both are condemned forever to a state of fearful consciousness and insomnia following the murder of King Duncan. This sets off 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, because of the murder they have committed, and the realization is terrifying because of the continued agony of the recurring nightmares of their actions. 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 way out seems to be murder that will end the nightmare of killings. Once the murder is committed, the revolt against it becomes very absurd and very illegitimate, making Macbeth a tragedy of darkness that develops in the night. In Act II Scene II, Shakespeare uses tension and dramatic interest as well as stage effects and language techniques to illustrate how Macbeth, with the help of Lady Macbeth prompting him to do so , commits the terrible murder of King Duncan, and the aftermath of that. act. The stage effects are in place from the start of the play which begins in the first act with the witches, awakening Macbeth's ambition. This continues in Act II Scene II, where Macbeth will take the first steps toward achieving his malicious goal. The second act of the play, intensely depicts the violence of the murder of King Duncan, which is dramatic...... middle of paper ...... ular knocking on the castle door considerably increases the dramatic tension; these are the play's best and most successful techniques and stage effects signaling the inevitable (Macbeth getting caught). However, it is ironic to finally discover that Macduff was the source of the blow, the person who kills Macbeth in order to restore order. William Shakespeare's use of stage techniques and language effects in Macbeth is extraordinarily used in progressive creation. tension from the moment King Duncan is killed by Macbeth, followed by a short period of relaxation then increasing again until the climax of the act of regicide. The reader and audience are kept in suspense from the beginning of the play until the final scene. Reference*All quotations from the play Macbeth, Act II, Scene II (document, Sheffield College)