Macbeth         In the play, Macbeth, Shakespeare uses contrasts of nature in various ways. He consistently shows us that Macbeth and his wife's actions go against nature.         The first lines of the play are a condensed version of the unnaturalness of things to come. 'In thunder, lightning or in rain?' ( I, i, 2). In nature, thunder, lightening and rain occur together, but Shakespeare's use of the word 'or' infers the unnatural occurrence of one without the …showed first 75 words of 980 total…

…showed last 75 words of 980 total…in knowing that nature could not go against him. 'That will never be' (IV, i, 94). But the fact that he went so far against nature in his evil deeds, allows nature, in this case, to make its reprisal with the downfall of Macbeth.          The play starts with unnatural acts and ends with unnatural acts. Shakespear uses this beginning and end to surround the unnatural contents in between; the unnatural acts of Macbeth and his wife.