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Question 36 • PBCSD_CR_1001345_English 2_for_Credit_Recovery_S1andS2_2025

Which of Banquo’s quotations from act 1, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth is an example of metonymy?

Answer
A
“How far is ’t call’d to Forres?”
B
“Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear / Your favours nor your hate.”
C
“Or have we eaten on the insane root / That takes the reason prisoner?”
D
“That, trusted home, / Might yet enkindle you unto the crown”

Explanation

In “That, trusted home, / Might yet enkindle you unto the crown,” the word “crown” stands for the position and power of being king. Using a closely associated object—the crown—to represent kingship is metonymy. The other quotations do not use an object or associated term in this way.

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