Imagery “Upon the corner of the moon/ There hangs a vap’rous drop profound./ And that distilled by magic sleights/ Shall raise such artificial sprites/ As by the strength of their illusion/ Shall draw him on to his confusion” (Act 3, sc. 5, ln. 23-29).
Metaphor “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player/ That struts and frets his hour upon the stage/ And then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/ Signifying nothing” (Act 5, sc. 4, ln. 23-28).
Simile . “Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would,’/ Like the poor cat i’ the adage?” (Act 1, sc. 7, ln. 44-45)
Personification “Each new moon/New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows strike heaven on the face,/. . .that it resounds. . ./and yelled out. . . .” (Act 4, sc. 2, ln. 4-9)
Hyperbole “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No. This my hand will rather/ The multitudinous seas incarnadine,/ Making the green one red” (Act 2, sc. 2, ln. 60-63)Macbeth shall never vanquished be until/Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill/ Shall come against him (Act. 4, sc. 1, ln. 92-94)
Imagery “Upon the corner of the moon/ There hangs a vap’rous drop profound./ And that distilled by magic sleights/ Shall raise such artificial sprites/ As by the strength of their illusion/ Shall draw him on to his confusion” (Act 3, sc. 5, ln. 23-29).
Metaphor “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player/ That struts and frets his hour upon the stage/ And then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/ Signifying nothing” (Act 5, sc. 4, ln. 23-28).
Simile . “Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would,’/ Like the poor cat i’ the adage?” (Act 1, sc. 7, ln. 44-45)
Personification “Each new moon/New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows strike heaven on the face,/. . .that it resounds. . ./and yelled out. . . .” (Act