Macbeth Linguistic Techniques

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  1. 6. Duncan: What he says he will do to Macbeth. A horticultural metaphor.
  2. 8. Lennox: What he calls Macbeth. It juxtaposes with the earlier description of Macbeth as 'brave'.
  3. 9. Gentlewoman: What does Lady Macbeth have to have by her at the end of the play?
  4. 11. Macbeth: What he calls Lady Macbeth in the letter he writes her.
  5. 12. Macbeth: What he calls his wife later in the play. It juxtaposes his earlier name for her.
  6. 13. Macbeth: 'He's here in ... '
  7. 14. Banquo: A metaphor that implies the witches may be able to see into the future, but that what they see is not inevitable.
  8. 15. Macduff: A personification of Scotland in distress.
  9. 16. Lady Macbeth: This metaphor and biblical allusion is what Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to be.
  10. 17. Banquo: This metaphor shows that the supernatural are evil and are agents of the devil.
  11. 21. Doctor: This metaphor is the doctor's diagnosis for what ails Lady Macbeth at the end of the play.
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  1. 1. Lady Macbeth: This metaphor implies that before he killed Duncan, Macbeth was a kind person.
  2. 2. Porter: The porter uses a metaphor to jokingly say where he works. However, there is a serious side to this, as Shakespeare is reminding us that Macbeth is damned.
  3. 3. Witches: An oxymoron that shows they are amoral. The oxymoron also highlights the witches deceptive qualities.
  4. 4. Macbeth: Macbeth uses this imagery to describe Duncan's skin,
  5. 5. Macbeth: 'False heart must hide what the ...'
  6. 7. Macbeth: This personification is given as a reason not to kill the king.
  7. 10. Macbeth: 'Let not light see my ...'
  8. 18. Macbeth: This derogatory term for a woman shows that Macbeth treats the supernatural with disrespect.
  9. 19. Lady Macbeth: This is what she wants to be metaphorically filled with.
  10. 20. Duncan: This adjective shows he admires Macbeth and sees him as honest and respectable.