Macbeth

III. Refer to the document Macbeth Overview, Literary Devices and then provide:

1. An example of a simile

·         Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it.

·         . “Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would,’/ Like the poor cat i’ the adage?” (Act 1, sc. 7, ln. 44-45)

We use similes to compare two objects of different nature but which have similar features, is common to use words : like and as

2. An example of a metaphor

·          I have begun to plant thee, and will labor to make thee full of growing.

·         “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player (Act 5, sc. 4, ln. 23-28).

 A comparison is made between two different things that actually have something important in common, in this case we do not use like, or as to compare two elements.

3. A personification

·          If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me, without my stir.

·         New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows strike heaven on the face… (Act 4, sc. 2, ln. 49)
Is the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions.

4. An example of alliteration

·          But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears.

·         "Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair, Hover through the Fog and Filthy Air"

Here is a repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of syllables following in close succession.

5. A symbol that catches your attention.

Blood : It was present when Macbeth killed the king and for Lady Macbeth was symbolism of remorse, the crimes  have stained  them  and they cannot clean the crimes , “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood “ other part “Clean from my hand?” Macbeth cries after he has killed Duncan, even as his wife scolds him and says that a little water will do the job” (2.2.58–59).