William Shakespeare uses a lot of literary devices throughout the text to generate the tone of the soliloquy in act 1, scene 7. In this scene, a lot of thoughts are going through Macbeth’s mind as he is trying to look at both sides of the deed he is going to perform. He wants to be the the king, but is afraid of the punishment of the crime. Shakespeare makes the audience aware of Macbeth’s struggle and confusion by using a lot of metaphors and similes.
In the metaphor, “if assassination could trammel up the consequence, and catch, with his surcease, success”, Shakespeare compares Duncan to a wild animal while Macbeth is the hunter holding a net (Macbeth 1.7.1-5). Macbeth thinks that if murdering Duncan was like hunting which is easy and has
In the metaphor, “if assassination could trammel up the consequence, and catch, with his surcease, success”, Shakespeare compares Duncan to a wild animal while Macbeth is the hunter holding a net (Macbeth 1.7.1-5). Macbeth thinks that if murdering Duncan was like hunting which is easy and has