... tis day, And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp " (2.4.6-7). This signifies the start of darkness taking over Scotland, but can also be seen as a metaphor for Duncan's life being ˜strangled' by Macbeth, ˜the dark night'. Another example of darkness overtaking light occurs when Banquo's torchlight (the one ... killed (3.3.5). Lastly, Macbeth responds to the news of Lady Macbeth's suicide by proclaiming "out, out brief candle" (5.5.3), using the candle's flame as a metaphor for her short life and sudden death. The image of the candle is used to show how vulnerable life is. It d...

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... of the letter "h" show a degree of urgency in her tone, and are an early indication of the evil persona she is starting to adopt. The latter can be compared to a metaphor for venom, illustrating Lady Macbeth's intentions to fill Macbeth's mind with the deepest raw cruelty that she is persistent in making herself possess, through expression. Her fear of his kind ... . She metaphorically predicts the king's death as her soliloquy strengthens, "The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements". The raven is the given metaphor, which was known as a bi...

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... Macbeth as loyal and ambitious. The use of soliloquy was one way that we could learn about Macbeth's character. Within the soliloquy, many rhetorical devices were sewn in. An important metaphor is used to describe where he will end up if he actually kills the king. Macbeth says, "But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, we"d jump the life ... Macbeth kills the king, he will leap over death and into eternity. He will skip over the rocks in the river and go straight to the other side. Another important metaphor is used in the end of the soliloquy by relating a horse jumping over someth...

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... . "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the 2 crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty." (Act 1 Scene 5 Line 39-41) Her speech to the demons is both powerful and sinful. "She isn't sure there's enough manhood to go around between herself and her husband, so she calls upon scheming ... when she say, "Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe topful Of direst cruelty!" (Act 1 Scene 5 Line 39-41) "This invocation signifies a link between Lady Macbeth and the supernatural, or witchcraft, ...

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... would be a dream come true. "Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty..." (1, 5, 39-45). Lady Macbeth felt she had more manly power than her husband. She felt that she could do a better job of being king and murdering the present one. Lady Macbeth ... in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem- (1, 7, 39-45). Lady Macbeth had every finger wrapped around Macbeth, making him at her beckoning ...

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... this line she is telling him to appear as a flower but mimic a snake. This is used because flowers are often associated with innocence and serpents are a symbol for deceivableness. This metaphor allows readers to clearly understand what Lady Macbeth is asking from Macbeth. Another example is when Lennox, a Scottish nobleman, is conversing with Macbeth and tells him of all the most ... ...

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... , talks about the murders that have been committed and seems to be attempting to clean blood off her hands, saying "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!" (V.i) The blood is a metaphor for the guilt she feels. She realizes that she is responsible for the murder of King Duncan and part of McDuff's family. Her guilt ultimately leads her to commit suicide ... ...

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... speaks about how she believes that Macduff is not a real man since he lacks the "the natural touch" of protecting his family against attack. Lady Macduff also uses a metaphor; referring to Macduff as a coward when she says that even a small wren would protect its nest against the owl's attacks. She implies that Macbeth is the owl in this situation ... ...

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... , yet I will try the last. Before my body I throw my warlike shield. Lay on, Macduff; and damned be him that first cries, 'Hold enough!'" (Act 5 scene 8, lines 32-39). Macbeth and Lady Macbeth each started this play strong, one stronger than the other. After events that added much pressure to both the characters each changed in different ways. Macbeth ... ...

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... to his wife after he returns from slaughtering King Duncan through his hallucinations "I could not say Amen when they did say 'God bless us'." (II.II.38-39) Lady Macbeth hides her guilt till her death, which demonstrates that the immense guilt is what killed her. From the sleepwalking scene, Lady Macbeth felt terrible because of her wrong ... ...

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... is appalled:"Is this a dagger which I before me,/ The handle toward my hand? ... A dagger of the mind, a false creation,/ Proceeding from the heat-oppressèd brain?" (II,i, 33-39) Although Macbeth acts horrified of the idea of killing Duncan and seeing the fake dagger, the false image Macbeth creates in his mind foreshadows his future hallucinations due to his ... ...

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... connection but also that whatever Macbeth has done, and will continue to do, that they will both face the consequences. When Macbeth declares that he has murdered sleep, this is a metaphor for the what he has actually killed, which is the convention of peace. With killing Duncan, Macbeth has also killed all the peace not only for himself, but for Scotland....

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... he expects himself to be named heir to the throne. When he finds out that Duncan has instead named his, "eldest, Malcolm... hereafter The Prince of Cumberland," (1.4.38-39) he is enraged. At this point Macbeth stops thinking about Duncan as a friend, and considers him simply yet another obstacle on his climb to power. Soon Macbeth realizes that in ... ...

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... on his horse ride with Fleance, Macbeth makes little attempt to hide his true motive, as showed when he says, "Adieu, Till you return at night" (III.i.38-39). As the audience, we know that Banquo was murdered under the cover of night based on the lines "Who did strike out the light?" (III.iii.27). Not ... ...

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... Malcolm with the slight declaration saying "we will establish our estate upon/Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter/The Prince of Cumberland" (Act I, scene iv, li 37-39). If Malcolm is set to be the new king, then Macbeth sees he clearly cannot receive the throne without his own intervention. Macbeth quickly begins his planning afterwards because Malcolm ... ...

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... he expects himself to be named heir to the throne. When he finds out that Duncan has instead named his "eldest, Malcolm...hereafter the Prince of Cumberland" (1.4.38-39) he is enraged. At this point Macbeth stops thinking about Duncan as a friend, and considers him simply yet another obstacle on his climb to power. Soon Macbeth realizes that in ... ...

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... thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting I dare not" wait upon I would, " Like the poor cat i' the adage? (1.7.39-45) In this quote she is accusing Macbeth of being a coward and not being a man. She is calling Macbeth feminine, while she acts masculine. Janet Adelman says it perfectly in ... ...

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... released, which blinded his conscious and senses. He is totally different from before, and this shows how the power of desire can destroy a human being totally. Through Shakespeare's use of metaphor, personification, imagery, and simile, one can see how he portrays the inner struggles and suffer that a murderer goes through. The turbulent behavior wavers back and forth between the boundaries of ... ...

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... lady tries in vain to scrub the stain of blood off her hands, "Out, damned spot, out, I say!" When she yells about ridding herself of Duncan's blood, she is presenting a metaphor. She does not truly want to be rid of Duncan's blood itself, but rather the fear and guilt that his murder has forced upon her. Even though she may be ... ...

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... Lady MacBeth come to absolute ruin, distinguishing both as tragic figures in a tragic play which ends as Macbeth cries out, "And damned be him that first cries "Hold! Enough!""(5.8, line 39) as he falls for the final time....

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... easier than our new". (2.4, 37-38) Macduff is metaphorically suggesting that they should leave before something happens to return them to their previous position in the kingdom. Again, clothing is a metaphor for one's role. These images all sho! w that imagery helps to convey physical atmosphere. Imagery helps to establish the moral, mental, and physical atmosphere in a work. Reading a book seems to ... ...

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... believe in everything that they tell him. However their prophecy is what sets the play's tragic aspect in motion by luring Macbeth away from the normal cycle of generation (Brooks 39). "As long as Macbeth plans to let natural events gain him the throne, he thinks in terms of letting time run its diurnal course" (Watson 140). His desire to become ... ...

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... . Macbeth "We will proceed no further in this business."(1.7.31) Lady Macbeth "Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour, as thou art in desire?"(1.7.39-41). This is a great example of Macbeth having doubts about the deed and wanting to stop, and then Lady Macbeth practically calling him a coward and offending his manly position. This ... ...

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... . I think she has a moral sense, as does Macbeth but she does a better job of hiding it, apart from in her sleep. This is another example of sleep being used as a metaphor for innocence and peace. Her peace is being disturbed by her guilt and sin. Whilst sleepwalking she says, "Hell is murky". She knows she is going to hell for her ... ...

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... own act and valour as thou art in desire? Wouldst thou has that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem?" (Act 1, Scene 7, 39-41). Thus, she pressures him to commit the act for murder for her own sake and is aware of his ambition to claim the throne. Even though Macbeth knows what ... ...

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