Read the passage from act 2, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Porter: Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery; it makes him, and it mars him; it sets him on, and it takes him off; it persuades him, and disheartens him; makes him stand to, and not stand to; in conclusion, equivocates him in a sleep, and, giving him the lie, leaves him. Why is the repeated use of antithesis in this passage appropriate?
Enter your answer in the box. Read the excerpt from Act 3, scene 1 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . If there come truth from them . . . Why, by the verities on thee made good,/May they not be my oracles as well,/And set me up in hope?” The excerpt is an example of a [Blank 1] .
Read the passage from act 2, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. [ Macbeth: ] Here lay Duncan, His silver skin lac’d with his golden blood; And his gash’d stabs look’d like a breach in nature For ruin’s wasteful entrance: there, the murderers, Steep’d in the colours of their trade, their daggers Unmannerly breech’d with gore: who could refrain, That had a heart to love, and in that heart Courage to make ’s love known? What is the purpose of the rhetorical device in the underlined text?
Read the passage from act 2, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macduff: Confusion now hath made his masterpiece! Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope The Lord’s anointed temple, and stole thence The life o’ the building! Why is the metonymy in the underlined text appropriate for this speech?
Read the passage from act 2, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth: Who can be wise, amaz’d, temperate and furious Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man: The expedition of my violent love Outran the pauser, reason. Here lay Duncan, His silver skin lac’d with his golden blood; And his gash’d stabs look’d like a breach in nature For ruin’s wasteful entrance: there, the murderers, Steep’d in the colours of their trade, their daggers Unmannerly breech’d with gore: who could refrain, That had a heart to love, and in that heart Courage to make ’s love known? The rhetorical questions in this passage make the point that
Read the passage from act 2, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. [ Porter: ] Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery; it makes him, and it mars him; it sets him on, and it takes him off; it persuades him, and disheartens him; makes him stand to, and not stand to; in conclusion, equivocates him in a sleep, and, giving him the lie, leaves him. What is the effect of the antithesis in the porter’s speech?
Enter your answer in the box. Read the quote from Act 2, scene 4 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . Old Man . God’s benison go with you; and with those That would make good of bad, and friends of foes! The use of the rhetorical technique [Blank 1] emphasizes the potential danger for Ross and Macduff.
What is the primary purpose of using a rhetorical device in speech?
What is zeugma?
What is synecdoche?
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