Figurative Language In Macbeth

In an open field, three imperfect speakers speak “Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair hover through the fog and filthy air” This shows Macbeth's personality. What you can see are the good in him and the kind person but we know that what is hidden behind

1) "We have scorched the snake, not killed it. She'll close and be herself whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth. "(Act 3 Scene 2) 2) Here Macbeth says that they have wounded the opposition, but he is still in danger, and the opposition will heal itself.

Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth, is a play that transcends time due to its timeless and universal themes. The themes presented in this play are just as relevant to modern audiences as they would have been to contemporary Elizabethan audiences. The play has been able to maintain its textual integrity, withstanding the fact that it is now performed out of its original context to remain a successful play for modern audiences. The issues of heroism, abuse of power and the deceptiveness of appearances are all key within the play, conveyed through the use of dramatic and literary techniques, are issues which still resonate with contemporary audiences. Shakespeare has tested the parameters of the conventional tragedy that was extremely popular during his lifetime and in doing so has created text, which is still relevant today.

This shows the reader that Macbeth is not innately evil because he is debating on whether or not he should kill King Duncan. Shakespeare also uses

Diction and imagery play large roles in Macbeth. Shakespeare's use of these devices create a better image in the mind of the audience and set the stage for foreshadowing. In the scene before Duncan's murder in Macbeth, Shakespeare uses diction and imagery to establish Macbeth's guilty, anxious frame of mind. Shakespeare uses imagery as soon as the passage begins by writing, "Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand," (II.i.1-2).

Animals can be very powerful and thought-provoking symbols. In the play Macbeth hears prophecies from the witches and decides he needs to take it upon himself to fulfill those prophecies. This gets him into a huge mess, which results in his death. Throughout the play “Macbeth”, William Shakespeare uses metaphors involving animals to convey the characters’ personalities and private thoughts.

The Cover Up What measures does one resort to when they decide to betray and kill someone whom they were loyal to for many years? Would they simply face the ramifications associated with treachery or would they do anything in their will to lie, cheat, and steal their way out to reach power? This is exactly what the soon to be king of Scots, Macbeth does in his famous speech presented in Act 2, Scene 3, lines 96-106. Throughout the speech, he is essentially putting on a huge faked façade for why he killed the framed guards. Macbeth exemplifies his love for Duncan by tricking the other characters into thinking he killed the guards out of pure rage.

Macbeth offers the plan of executing Banquo to the murderers, emphasizing that the murder would rid their enemy, bring them closer to the king, and heal their mental health. In the quote, Shakespeare utilizes multiple types of figurative language. In the first line, Shakespeare gives the murderers’ bosoms the power to receive business, an example of personification. The playwright implants an idea of the plan’s intimacy to the murderers’ core values, as he draws an image of the business in the men’s chests and its strong effect on the murderers. In the second line, Macbeth utilizes personification to give execution the power to take an enemy off, without the explicit statement of killing.

In Shakespeare’s mirror of Lady Macbeth’s language with Macbeth, he uses both personification and symbolism to highlight that one must invoke the power of evil before achieving their ambition. Just like Lady Macbeth, Macbeth calls upon the “seeling night,” asking to be blindfolded with darkness so that he may not recall the goodness around him. Personifying “scarf up,” Shakespeare shows that one who wishes to reach their dream covers up their own eye from the light. Instead of being able to see the day, Macbeth wishes to be unable to notice the goodness, proving that he has chosen to invoke the evil within. In manipulating a hyperbole in “bloody hand,” Shakespeare shows that Macbeth is now stained with blood because of his evil doings and that he has only woken up the evil he holds inside.

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 6, it establishes how Lady Macbeth deceives King Duncan by leading him inside her home, so Macbeth will be able to kill him stealthy. King Duncan and the warriors such as Banquo arrive to Macbeth’s front gate, and compliments Macbeth’s castle, “The air is delicate” (1.6.12). This quotation describes Macbeth’s castle that it is very harmonious and welcoming. To add on, King Duncan announces that the “[c]astle hath a pleasant seat. The air/Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself/Unto our gentle senses” (1.6.1-3). The quotation conveys that King Duncan has a positive feeling of the castle and feels safe around the people he trusts, especially Macbeth. On my slide, I included a picture of Macbeth’s castle. The

His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt Of our great quell” Basically the impression we get of Macbeth is that he is easily persuaded, changes his mind too quickly, and we get a negative impression of him. Macbeth after he has murdered Duncan = ==

Literature is strongly admired for its plethora of techniques that enhance the meaning of its creations. A motif is a literary technique which is a recurring symbol or idea that establishes the theme or central focus. William Shakespeare, highly renowned English playwright, has written many plays with unique motifs that define each play significantly. One of his most famous playwrights is Macbeth, a tragic story about a brave Scottish general named Macbeth that receives a prophecy that he will one day be the King of Scotland. Macbeth does everything in his dwindling power to ensure the legitimacy of the crown, regardless of the unfortunate consequences that plummet his soul into the depths of darkness and despair.

Shakespeare uses language to create atmosphere, tension and horror in Macbeth; particularly through his use of literary devices. As well as this , he utilises contrast between prose and poetry to place more emphasis on important dialogue which further enhances those elements. Shakespeare also uses descriptive language to add to the environment of the production Shakespeare’s contrasting use of prose and poetry is most evident in characters’ soliloquies throughout the play; however some soliloquies use little poetry. It is only Macbeth and Lady Macbeth who speak in soliloquy so the meaning of such dialogue carries powerful weight.

Dramatic techniques play significant roles in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, allowing for the idealistic perception of the historical audience to develop into a further empathy with the characters in Macbeth. Shakespeare achieves this by playing on beliefs held in that era, such as the Great Chain of Being, and interweaves them to bring further emphasis to his themes of ambition, masculinity and the conflicting moralities/idealisms in fair and foul actions/in what can be defined as fair or foul.

In the play “Macbeth”, William Shakespeare uses belief in the existence and power of witches to create and influence the audience’s understanding of the play. Our initial impression of Macbeth is one of a brave and capable warrior, however once we see his interaction with the three “evil sisters” (Shakespeare, 1996) we realises that his physical audacity is coupled by an intense amount of ambition and self doubt. It is believed that the witches are the motive behind this ambition which eventually leads to his tragedy, however strong diverging arguments are in existence. The intensity of Macbeth’s tragedy is dependent on whether or not the witches are “professed to be able to control the naïve, innocent Macbeth” or whether he is to blame