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How does the knocking in the drunken porter's speech in act two scene three serve as an transitional device?

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  1. it gives a pause and draws your attention from the main scene. The knocking makes you look to the side and that action is your physical transition.


  2. Ah.....it would help if we knew the name of the play

    Wow, Brianjames -- I'm impressed!

  3. Are we talking about Macbeth?

    If we are -the the drunken Porter is a great piece of comic relief. King Duncan has just been murdered, to keep from burning out the audience with the shock of the crime Shakespeare uses this scene to bring everything down a notch so he could build up the dramatic tension again as guilt of the murder wears on Macbeth and his Lady.

    The drunken Porter at gate is trying to take a p**s as he complains how alcohol is a terrible thing because makes him horny and limp at the same time, "provokes the desire but takes away the ability".

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