... angel and a fiend. Juliet calls Romeo a "Beautiful tyrant" (3.2.81), which means that she thinks that Romeo has been deceiving people with this handsomeness and that he is actually a tyrant and a killer underneath his pretext. Another even harsher oxymoron is "fiend angelical" (3.2.81). Juliet is comparing Romeo to an angel. An angel throughout the Christian world is usually associated with love, beauty ... that she can trust her "angel", but now with Romeo having just killed her cousin, she is unsure that she can trust him. A killer must be a fiend, meaning an evil possibly supernatura...

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... aware of the imbalance of the proposed murder, and this is shown throughout lines 12-16, as Macbeth is Duncan's relative, subject and host, yet he is to be his killer. Therefore, leaving Macbeth train of thoughts unresolved. More doubt fills Macbeth's mind as he compares his ability to be king, to the admirable and virtuous ways displayed by King Duncan ... , that Duncan's qualities will plead against his murder, as will the supernatural beings of the heavens. These thoughts are expressed when Macbeth states, that " that his virtues will plead like angels, trumpet tongued against the dee...

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... "assassination/Could trammel up the consequence and catch/With his surcease, success- Its usage within this part of the play produces the characterisation that Macbeth is the Devil and a pitiless killer, which consequently enforces the irony of his fear of an eternity of pain and suffering in Hell. However, as the soliloquy continues it brings to light the intense dilemma he ... ruthlessly. Macbeth expresses such thoughts in saying, "Besides, this Duncan/Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been/So clear in his great office, that his virtues/Will plead like angels- It was also believed...

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