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One of the main foreshadowing scenes in Macbeth was the question of Macbeth dressing himself in "borrowed robes." "Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?" (I, V, 106-107) By Shakespear using clothing imagery, It allows the audience to understand that Macbeth is not the rightful king, hence the robes are not his and he has no right to them.

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Ellen Terry’s Lady Macbeth costume, 1888. Designed by Alice Comyns-Carr, made by Terry’s dressmaker Mrs. Nettleship. The portrait is by John Singer Sargent Made with twist of soft green silk and blue tinsel crocheted to resemble chain mail, and embellished with beetle wing cases. (The beetles shed them. No insects died to make this gown.) #costume #costumehistory #design #femaledesigner #ellenterry #macbeth #sargent #portrait #oldphoto #victorian #greendress

Ellen Terry’s Lady Macbeth costume, 1888. Designed by Alice Comyns-Carr, made by Terry’s dressmaker Mrs. Nettleship. The portrait is by John Singer Sargent Made with twist of soft green silk and blue tinsel crocheted to resemble chain mail, and embellished with beetle wing cases. (The beetles shed them. No insects died to make this gown.) #costume #costumehistory #design #femaledesigner #ellenterry #macbeth #sargent #portrait #oldphoto #victorian #greendress

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Lady Macbeth, hands dripping with Duncan's blood Macbeth, by William Shakespeare was produced Winter Semester, 2010 in the Snow Black Box Theatre at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Synopsis The story of Macbeth is well known. Macbeth and Banquo, heroes of the Scottish king Duncan happen upon the three weird sisters, witches who tell them that he, Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor and thereafter king of Scotland. They tell Banquo he will sire a line of kings but will not attain kingship…

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