Macbeth

Question 1

Macbeth

Answer 1

“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand”- Uses religious language to imply the blood could stain all the oceans red and that the regicide won’t easily be hidden; symbolises guilt; hyperbolic language to show fear after regicide.

“So fair and foul a day day i have not seen”- Lexical mirroring of the witches words showing he is a victim of fate; paradoxical language to foreshadow how he hides his evil and appears noble.

Question 2

Lady Macbeth

Answer 2

“Unsex me here”- imperative to show how she rejects the stereotypical Jacobean women gender role as she needs to be a man to commit this violent act associated with masculinity.