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Macbeth, Part 3: Rhetorical Devices

Question 15 • English 2 Sem 2 (10013400) BCPS 2025-26

Milo is drafting an essay about The Tragedy of Macbeth. He wants to use a rhetorical device to analyze ambition’s role in the play. Which option would be the most effective?

Answer
A
using a rhetorical question to ask what committing murder has cost Macbeth
B
using zeugma to connect Duncan’s crown with the crown that Macbeth later wears as king
C
using metonymy to connect Banquo’s sword to the murder of the sleeping Duncan
D
using synecdoche to contrast Lady Macbeth’s desire for power with Macbeth’s capacity for violence

Explanation

A rhetorical question asking what committing murder has cost Macbeth can directly prompt readers to consider how ambition leads to consequences such as guilt, fear, and loss. That makes it an effective way to analyze ambition’s role in the play. The other choices name rhetorical devices, but their proposed connections do not clearly fit the objects or contrast described.

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