Shakespeare uses dramatic irony in these scenes to create tension in the play. In scenes 1 to 4, the scene are very short, and keeping jumping between Macbeth in his castle at Dunsinane, and the incoming english forces just ouside in birnam wood. The first scene is about Lady Macbeth and how she feels extremely guilty for her actions, and has been trying to repent or wash away theguilt.
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