“Macbeth” is set in medieval Scotland, in a wild and exposed region of Scotland, sparsely decorated with heather and dotted with trees leafless, twisted by aggressive elements. Unlike many of Shakespeare's plays, "Macbeth" has no subplot, perhaps so as not to distract the audience from the main dramatic plot. “Macbeth” is a thrilling tale of murder, betrayal and witchcraft, and keeps the audience in suspense, which I'm sure was Shakespeare's intention. Particularly in Act 2, Scene 2, King Duncan's murder scene. This is the scene I'm going to focus on; I will examine the writing styles used by Shakespeare and their effects; the feelings and connotations associated with the characters' personalities, including the roles of men and women in Shakespeare's time; the use of certain vocabularies and techniques producing certain effects; and how the stage setting and character dialogue affect how the audience feels. Act 1, Scenes 1 and 3 The opening scene of Macbeth is very captivating, instantly grabbing the audience's attention, which was most likely Shakespeare's intention. We see three witches, who call themselves "The Weird Sisters", chanting absurd predictions about the future while a violent storm blows around them: "Beautiful is bad and bad is beautiful, soar in fog and dirty air. "A modern audience would see I don't understand the fear and tension this scene creates, we dismissed witches and things of that nature as a stupid superstition a long time ago. However, to a Shakespearean audience, witches were very real and very terrifying. Witches were considered evil and manipulative demons. Shakespeare made an excellent choice in placing this as the first scene, with the backdrop... middle of paper ... I saw Lady Macbeth as a very unattractive and frightening woman, and I may have even thought she was a witch, particularly in Act 1 Scene 5, when she summons invisible "spirits". She proclaims: “Come, spirits, desex me here. Come to my wife's breasts and take my milk for gall, you murderous ministers. This would be considered a very witchy activity and was probably used by Shakespeare to invoke hatred towards Lady Macbeth. Like all Shakespeare plays, each line is filled with imagery and symbology. Although Macbeth was never one of my favorite plays, I enjoyed studying Shakespeare's imaginative verse that could just as easily be poetry as a screenplay. Shakespeare's "Macbeth" is a very thought-provoking play, aimed at modern and original audiences, which raises controversial issues and causes the reader to confront their own world in a different light..