ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

In reference to the previous question, Shakespeare uses the imagery to continually convey Macbeth’s evil side. The author is employing which literary device?

A	Personification
B	Allusion
C	Motif
D	Foreshadowing

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Three significant images in Macbeth are blood, darkness, and clothing. The imagery of blood helps convey the guilt and retribution felt by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, as they struggle with their choice to murder King Duncan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The images of darkness in Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy help to create a frightful image of her malevolent plan. Imagery of night and darkness is used quite frequently in the play to portray an image of a desolate, deranged place, brimming with tumult, disorder and transgression.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plant imagery in the play is associated with human growth; specifically, a person’s rise to power. Both Duncan and Banquo use planting/growing language when describing political ascent (Duncan: “I have begun to plant thee and will labor/To make thee full of growing” (I.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the play ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare, light and dark imagery is used throughout the story in order to show the difference and symbolism between good and evil. Light represents innocence, truth and purity while darkness is used to represent cruelty, guilt and corruption.

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