MacBeth StoryBoard Project
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- I.V.58-59
- My dearest love, Duncan comes here tonight
- II.ii.54-55
- Only children fear a picture, even of the devil.
- II.iii.90
- Oh, gentle lady, my words are not for your ears. No woman could survive the telling.
- The literary device that is being used is an understatement and it is being used because Macbeth uses fewer words but it gives a stronger meaning of what is happening. It connects to gender theory because it gives a sense that men give fewer words but have bigger meanings which would consider them wiser.
- III.i.91-101
- The literary device that is used is irony and it is expressed because it's ironic how Macbeth is afraid of something that children would normally be afraid of. It connects to gender theory because men are supposed to be tougher and not fearful.
- IV.iii.228-229
- Face it like a man
- The literary device that is being used is hyperbole and it is used because MacDuff expresses the tragedy as fatal to a woman's ear. It connects to gender theory because it gives a sense that women can't take the fact of hearing terrible news when something bad happens.
- V.VIII.57-64
- I won't surrender, to kiss the ground beneath young Malcolm's feet and to be taunted by the curses of the rabble.
- The literary device that is being used is a simile and it's used because Macbeth is comparing men to dogs. It connects to gender theory because men shouldn't be compared to such low life forms and they should be higher than that.
- Oh, yes! You might be listed as men... that's what makes each stand out in general classification.
- The literary device that is being used is an idiom and it is being used because Malcolm speaks to MacDuff to face his loss but not physically. It connects to gender theory because men are supposed to be strong and not show weakness but instead fight that emotion back.
- The literary device that is used is hyperbole and it is used because Macbeth refuses to surrender and then be taunted by the news that he has backed down from a fight. It connects to gender theory because men would rather fight and head something head-on than be humiliated and taunted by backing down.
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