Examples Of Diction In Macbeth
We Shall Meet in Imagery and Diction
In all Shakespeare's tragedies, Imagery and diction have an appearance. In the play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, imagery and diction are two literary devices that are present and have a great significance to the play. Imagery is a form of a literary device to create a vivid image in the reader's mind. As for diction, it is the choice of appropriate words and phrases, that the writer uses to make the message clear that is being said. The use of animal imagery showcases the disturbance caused by the unnatural intervention of the hierarchy through Macbeth's actions and foreshadows events that will happen in the future. Weather imagery uses thunder, lightning, and rain to develop a setting of darkness …show more content…
Blood imagery is being used to foreshadow violence when Macbeth finds blood dripping from the dagger that was not there before,”And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, /Which was not so before. There’s no such thing./It is the bloody business which informs /Thus to mine eyes.” (II,ii: 47-50).This is important as it gives the audience a hint of what Macbeth will do with the dagger. Weather imagery is the use of creating a picture of darkness and evil through thunder, lightning, and rain in the audience's mind to have a gloomy setting, “When shall we three meet again?/ In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” (I,i i: 1-2). This image of thunder, lightning, and rain in the audience's mind will help them understand the atmosphere that the scene is going into. To create a theme of conflict, Shakespeare uses animal imagery, "And Duncan’s horses—(a thing most strange and certain)/—Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,/Turn'd wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,/Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would/Make war with mankind./Tis said they eat each other.”(II, iv:14-18). This imagery plays a significant role as it shows that the disturbance of the natural hierarchy causes unnatural conflict between the animals. The use of Imagery through blood, weather and animals play a major role in creating a setting, foreshadowing violence and developing a theme of
In all Shakespeare's tragedies, Imagery and diction have an appearance. In the play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, imagery and diction are two literary devices that are present and have a great significance to the play. Imagery is a form of a literary device to create a vivid image in the reader's mind. As for diction, it is the choice of appropriate words and phrases, that the writer uses to make the message clear that is being said. The use of animal imagery showcases the disturbance caused by the unnatural intervention of the hierarchy through Macbeth's actions and foreshadows events that will happen in the future. Weather imagery uses thunder, lightning, and rain to develop a setting of darkness …show more content…
Blood imagery is being used to foreshadow violence when Macbeth finds blood dripping from the dagger that was not there before,”And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, /Which was not so before. There’s no such thing./It is the bloody business which informs /Thus to mine eyes.” (II,ii: 47-50).This is important as it gives the audience a hint of what Macbeth will do with the dagger. Weather imagery is the use of creating a picture of darkness and evil through thunder, lightning, and rain in the audience's mind to have a gloomy setting, “When shall we three meet again?/ In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” (I,i i: 1-2). This image of thunder, lightning, and rain in the audience's mind will help them understand the atmosphere that the scene is going into. To create a theme of conflict, Shakespeare uses animal imagery, "And Duncan’s horses—(a thing most strange and certain)/—Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,/Turn'd wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,/Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would/Make war with mankind./Tis said they eat each other.”(II, iv:14-18). This imagery plays a significant role as it shows that the disturbance of the natural hierarchy causes unnatural conflict between the animals. The use of Imagery through blood, weather and animals play a major role in creating a setting, foreshadowing violence and developing a theme of