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Macbeth, Part 3: Rhetorical Devices Answers

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Read the passage from act 3, scene 1 of The Tragedy of Macbeth.Macbeth. Upon my head they plac’d a fruitless crown,And put a barren sceptre in my gripe,Thence to be wrench’d with an unlineal hand,No son of mine succeeding. If ’t be so,For Banquo’s issue have I fil’d my mind;For them the gracious Duncan have I murder’d;Put rancours in the vessel of my peaceOnly for them; and mine eternal jewelGiven to the common enemy of man,To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings!

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Macbeth’s conscience, which makes him feel guilty for having killed Duncan to become king
B
Macbeth’s childless state and the fact that he has no children to inherit his title
C
Macbeth’s marriage to Lady Macbeth, which has become strained in the wake of the murder
D
Macbeth’s desire to attain power at all costs, even if it means committing a crime
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Marta is writing an essay about Macbeth and wants to include an example of asyndeton to make a point. Which sentence should she include in her paper to accomplish this?

A
Would Macbeth have killed Duncan without Lady Macbeth’s influence?
B
Lady Macbeth goads, badgers, pesters her husband into committing homicide.
C
Is there a more extreme example of a supportive spouse than Lady Macbeth?
D
Lady Macbeth’s ambition brought bloody murder and exalted glory to her household.
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Read the passage from act 2, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth.[Macbeth.] Here lay Duncan,His silver skin lac’d with his golden blood;And his gash’d stabs look’d like a breach in natureFor ruin’s wasteful entrance: there, the murderers,Steep’d in the colours of their trade, their daggersUnmannerly breech’d with gore: who could refrain,That had a heart to love, and in that heartCourage to make ’s love known?

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The zeugma shows that having a big heart is related to having strength and courage.
B
The antithesis contrasts Duncan’s vibrant nature and big heart with his lifeless body.
C
The irony hides Macbeth’s true feelings about the man he murdered the night before.
D
The rhetorical question explains that Macbeth could not control himself after seeing Duncan’s corpse.
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What is zeugma?

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the contrasting of ideas through the parallel arrangement of words
B
when a speaker says the opposite of what they mean
C
the use of a term to refer to something closely connected to it
D
the use of a single word to modify different terms in different senses
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Read the passage from act 2, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth.Porter. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery; it makes him, and it mars him; it sets him on, and it takes him off; it persuades him, and disheartens him; makes him stand to, and not stand to; in conclusion, equivocates him in a sleep, and, giving him the lie, leaves him.

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It creates a comedic effect, which suits the porter, who is a comical character.
B
It creates a dramatic effect to set the tone for the revelation of Duncan’s murder.
C
It illustrates a contrast between the lowly porter and the highborn Macbeth.
D
It illustrates that servants and lords are all the same when it comes to drinking alcohol.

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