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William Shakespeare
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The Opening Scene in Mabeth is a Compact Exposition

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Despite the shortness of the opening scene in Shakespeare's play Macbeth, it is considered a complete exposition.

The opening scene in Macbeth is a compact exposition.

Everybody knows that a play is more restrained than a novel because it is written to be performed in less than three hrs. That is why it should attract the viewer and engage his or her attention from the beginning. That makes the opening scene of any play of such a great importance. The opening scene in a play acts as an expository scene that introduces the audience to the background of the play, its hero, and hints at the main theme. Shakespeare is one of the greatest dramatists who wrote the best expository scenes ever. They are known for their greatness and their capacity to attract the audience or the reader from the very beginning. One of Shakespeare's great opening scenes.....

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