Gates Porter Scene Act Called Comic Relief Conveys

Text	Porter scene in act 2, often called “comic relief,” conveys a darker meaning {{c1::Porter’s drunken ramblings depict the gates to Macbeth’s castle as the gates to Hell}} {{c2::. In the hellish castle, Duncan and his grooms will be slain, Macbeth will suffer an agony of indecision and remorse, and Banquo’s ghost will terrorize him.}} Critics rarely mention the ominous subtext of this farcical scene.

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Porter scene in act 2, often called “comic relief,” conveys a darker meaning

{{c1::Porter’s drunken ramblings depict the gates to Macbeth’s castle as the gates to Hell}}

{{c2::. In the hellish castle, Duncan and his grooms will be slain, Macbeth will suffer an agony of indecision and remorse, and Banquo’s ghost will terrorize him.}}

Critics rarely mention the ominous subtext of this farcical scene.

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