Figurative Language In Macbeth's Soliloquy
Shakespeare’s Macbeth tells the tragic tale of Macbeth as he kills and murders people in his blind fear. After hearing a prophecy telling him that he would become king, Macbeth goes into a trance state, trying to figure out what he should do. He ends up following his blind ambition and murdering many people. In Shakespeare’s play, it could be said from the way that he acts that Macbeth is afraid of fear, as he is scared of meaningless things, and he always second questions himself when he becomes afraid. Shakespeare uses many different language techniques to outline Macbeth’s fear.
When King Duncan announces that Malcom is heir to the throne, Macbeth sees him as a roadblock, which he has to cross to become king. “Stars, hide your fires let …show more content…
“To be thus is nothing, but to be safety thus – our fears in Banquo stick deep.” Macbeth does not say in his soliloquy why he fears Banquo; because Banquo heard the witches’ prophecy and probably suspected Macbeth of the murder of King Duncan. Macbeth feels that Banquo is naturally superior to him, and being near Banquo makes him feel ashamed. Immediately after the murder of King Duncan and his ascent to the throne, Macbeth arranges for the murder of Banquo. He would rather see “the frame of things disjoin, both the worlds suffer,” than continue to “eat our meal in fear and sleep in affliction of these terrible dreams that shake us nightly.” Also, Macbeth has reason to fear Banquo as according to the witches’ prophecy, Banquo would not be king, but his children and their children would be kings, and he does not want a meaningless crown on his head that Banquo’s children would just steal off him.
Immediately before his battle with Malcolm’s forces, Macbeth tries to persuade himself that he is not afraid. He says that “till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane, I cannot taint with fear.” He convinces himself that he is protected by the witches’ prophechies when he says that he “shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.” When Macbeth is told that a wood is moving towards Dunsinane, he starts to feel his courage waning. “I pull in resolution, and begin to doubt the equivocation of the fiend that lies like
When King Duncan announces that Malcom is heir to the throne, Macbeth sees him as a roadblock, which he has to cross to become king. “Stars, hide your fires let …show more content…
“To be thus is nothing, but to be safety thus – our fears in Banquo stick deep.” Macbeth does not say in his soliloquy why he fears Banquo; because Banquo heard the witches’ prophecy and probably suspected Macbeth of the murder of King Duncan. Macbeth feels that Banquo is naturally superior to him, and being near Banquo makes him feel ashamed. Immediately after the murder of King Duncan and his ascent to the throne, Macbeth arranges for the murder of Banquo. He would rather see “the frame of things disjoin, both the worlds suffer,” than continue to “eat our meal in fear and sleep in affliction of these terrible dreams that shake us nightly.” Also, Macbeth has reason to fear Banquo as according to the witches’ prophecy, Banquo would not be king, but his children and their children would be kings, and he does not want a meaningless crown on his head that Banquo’s children would just steal off him.
Immediately before his battle with Malcolm’s forces, Macbeth tries to persuade himself that he is not afraid. He says that “till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane, I cannot taint with fear.” He convinces himself that he is protected by the witches’ prophechies when he says that he “shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.” When Macbeth is told that a wood is moving towards Dunsinane, he starts to feel his courage waning. “I pull in resolution, and begin to doubt the equivocation of the fiend that lies like