3 thoughts on “Macbeth”

1. 3 examples of imagery:
   ”in thunder , lightning, or in rain?..”-weather
   “what bloody man is that? ..”-blood
   “the moon is down..”- darkness

   2 examples of metaphor:
   “fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
   “and oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths;”

   example of foreshadowing:
   “though dhalt get kings, though thou be none. so all hail Macbeth and Banquo.

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2. Find three examples of imagery in Act 1.
   -“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” — Lady Macbeth, Scene 5.
   -“I would, while it is smiling in my face, have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums, and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done this.” — Lady Macbeth, Scene 5.
   -“Come to my woman’s breasts, and take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers.” — Lady Macbeth, Scene 5.
   Find two examples of metaphor in Act 1
   -“Your face, my thane, is a book where men may read strange matters.” — Lady Macbeth, Scene 5.”
   – “I have begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing.” — Duncan, Scene 4.
   Find one example of foreshadowing in Act 1.
   -“All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be King hereafter.” — Third Witch, Scene 3.

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3. Three examples of imagery:
   – “Fair is foul, and foul is fair/Hover through the fog and filthy air.”
   – “Doubtful it stood/As two spent swimmers that do cling together/And choke their art.”
   – “So foul and fair day I have not seen.”

   Two examples of metaphor:
   – “Like valour’s minion carved out his passage/ Till he faced the slave.”
   – “And oftentimes to win us to our harm/The instruments of darkness tell us truths.”

   Example of foreshadowing:
   – “Fair is foul, and foul is fair/Hover through the fog and filthy air.”

   -Aoran Li

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