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dsnapz
dsnapz
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High School - 12th Grade

What are some literary terms that can be used in Act IV of "Macbeth"?

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Posted by dsnapz on Sunday December 7, 2008 at 1:08 PM and tagged with act iv, literary terms, macbeth.

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  1. dneshan
    dneshan Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    There are quite a few literary terms that are used in Act IV of "Macbeth".

    The first exemplifies couplets and are spoken by the First witch in lines 4 - 9:  "Round about the cauldron go; / In the poison'd entrails throw. / Toad, that under cold stone / Days and nights has thirty-one ..." (Act IV, scene i).  The three witches continue these couplets throughout parts of this scene as well.

    Another literary element used in this same scene is spoken by Macbeth when he says, "Though palaces and pyramids do slope / their heads to their foundations." (Act IV, scene i).  This shows an example of personification. 

    Another example of personification occurs in scene iii when Ross is breaking the news about Macduff's wife and children to him.  Ross states, "Your castle is surprised."  (Act IV, scene iii).

     

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/macbeth
    http://www.william-shakespeare.info/act4-script-text-macb...

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    Posted by dneshan on Sunday December 7, 2008 at 1:38 PM