The importance of irony in shakespeare’s assignment

There are several areas where there is irony in various situations used by the playwright to comment on topical issues . Len the Porter’s scene the porter of Machete’s castle Inverness pretend s to be the porter of hell gate ironically that very night Machete’s regicide of King Duncan had made Inverness like a hell on Earth. In this scene the gunpowder plot is mentioned . One of the sinners happen to be an equivocator, with the introduction of the equivocator Shakespeare attempts’ to bring in one of the current issues during James ‘ s reign . E equivocator was a Jesuit priest by the name of father Garnet who was involved in the gunpowder plot. Macbeth and his wife also are equivocators who flatter Duncan and put up an appearance of sincerity and loyalty. Another sinner mentioned in this scene was a farmer who committed suicide because he suffered a severe loss after hoarded his grains on the expectation of plenty.