... 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, and safety. Juliet thinks 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 supernatural being, especially a devil from hell. Angels an...

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... but in these cases we still have judgment her, that we but teach bloody instructions that being taught return to plague the inventor". Macbeth is 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. The following quote supports this, " he hath born his facilities ... when Macbeth sta...

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... his use of sibilance. This technique is also used in lines 2-4 of Act 1, Scene 7, "If th"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 is having and, as the reader sees Macbeth sorting out his pro's and con's, he ... thoughts in saying, "Besides, this Dunca...

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