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Question 20 • PBCSD_CR_1001345_English 2_for_Credit_Recovery_S1andS2_2025

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

Answer
A
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen.”
B
“Speak, if you can: what are you?”
C
“Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more”
D
“Upon this blasted heath you stop our way / With such prophetic greeting?”

Explanation

Antithesis places contrasting ideas side by side. In “So foul and fair a day I have not seen,” Macbeth pairs the opposites “foul” and “fair,” making choice A an example of antithesis. The other quotations do not set opposing ideas against each other in this way.

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