Acti:Figurativelanguage

Macbeth Act I: Figurative Language Identify the following examples of figurative language. Some lines have more than one answer; several answers are used more than once. ______1. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” (I.i.10) ______2. “… as two spent swimmers that do cling …” (I.ii.8) ______/______3. “And fortune on his damnèd quarrel smiling,/Showed like a rebel’s whore.” (I.ii.8) ______/______4. “… like valor’s minion…” (I.ii.20) ______5. “As whence the sun ‘gins his reflection …” (I.ii.25) ______6. Why is “As sparrows eagles …” not a simile? (I.ii.35) ______7. “… Bellona’s bridegrooms …” (I.ii.54) ______8. “What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.” (I.ii.67) ______9. “And munched, and munched, and munched.” (I.iii.5) ______10. “Aroint thee, … rump-fed ronyon …” (I.iii.6) ______/______11. “And like a rat without a tail,/I’ll do, I’ll do, and I’ll do.” (I.iii.9-10) ______/______12. “Sleep shall neither night nor day/Hang upon his penthouse lid.”(I.iii.19-20) ______13. “Show me, show me.” (I.iii.28) ______14. “A drum, a drum!” (I.iii.31) ______15. “Thrice to thine and thrice to mine.” (I.iii.35) ______/______16. “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” (I.iii.38) ______17. All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis!All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, that shall be king hereafter! (I.iii.3) ______18. “...the seeds of time/And say which grain will grow …” (I.iii.58-59) ______19. “Lesser than Macbeth, and greater./Not so happy, yet much happier.”I.iii.65-66) ______20. “… have we eaten on the insane root/That takes the reason prisoner?”(I.iii.84-85) ______/______21. “As thick as hail/Came post with post …” (I.iii.98-99) ______22. “Why do you dress me/In borrowed robes?” (I.iii.108-109)[Sidebar clue: this is a motif throughout the play.] ______23. “Two truths are told …” (I.iii.127) ______/______/___24. “This supernatural soliciting/Cannot be ill, cannot be good.”(I.iii.130-131) ) ______25. “Shakes so my single state … is smothered in surmise,” (I.iii.140-141) ______26. “If chance will have me king …” (I.iii.143) ______/______27. “New honors come upon him,/Like our strange garments …”(I.iii.144-145) ______28. “He died/As one that had been studied in his death …” (I.iv.8-9) ______29. “There’s no art/To find the mind’s construction in the face./He was agentleman on whom I built/An absolute trust.” (I.iv.11-14) [Sidebar explanation: Macbeth inherits the title of a man who at first did not appear to be a traitor.] ______30. “That swiftest wing of recompense is slow/To overtake thee.” (I.iv.17-18) Sidebar clue: “wing” stands for a bird-a part of something represents the whole.] ______31. Macbeth states: “And our duties/Are to your throne and state, children and servants,/Which do but what they should, by doing everything/ Save toward your love and honor.” (I.iv.24- 27) [Sidebar clue: Macbeth portrays himself as a loyal subject.] ______32. “I have begun to plant thee, and will labor/To make thee full of growing.” … There if I grow,/The harvest is your own.” (I.iv.29-30 &I.iv.32-33) ______/______33. “… signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine …” (I.iv.41) 34. “The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step/On which I must fall down ,or else o’erleap/For in it my way lies.” (I.iv.48-49) ______35. “Stars, hide your fires …” (I.iv.50) ______36. “He brings great news. The raven himself is hoarse …” (I.v.34)[Sidebar clue: in literature a raven is traditionally viewed as an ill omen.] ______37. “… murdering ministers … sightless substances …” (I.v.43-44) ______38. “Come, thick night …” (I.v.45) ______/______/______/______39. “Hell … /Nor Heaven peep through the blanket of the dark/ To cry, “Hold, hold!” (I.v.46-49) ______40. “Your face, my Thane, is as a book …” (I.v.57) ______/______/_____41. “Your hand, your tongue. Look like the innocent flower/But be the serpent under ‘t. (I.v.60-61) ______42. “This castle hath a pleasant seat, the air/Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. (I.vi.1-3) [Sidebar clue: Duncan feels safe at Inverness.] ______43. “… heaven’s breath …” (I.vi.5)

______/______44. “And his great love, sharp as his spur, hath holp him/To his home…”(I.vi.23-24) ______/______/_____45. “… his virtues will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against/The deep damnation” (I.vii.19-20)