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.