SYMBOLS

Macbeth is the shortest of Shakespeare's tragedies.

Written in blank verse with parts in prose, it is a drama rich in recurrent images and symbols.

In the scene we are going to read the owl is seen as a sign of death and the persistent knocking on the door symbolises the outer world invading the scene of the crime.

Visions and hallucinations, which embody the protagonists' fears and their subconscious, help create a bleak and nightmarish atmosphere and make Macbeth comparable to a modern-day thriller.