In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses many diffrent forms of figurative language. The main reason people use poetic devices is to help the reader visualive the situation so that they understand the peom better. One poetic device that is used is hyperbole. Hyperbole is the over exageration of something. A good quote that is used in Macbeth that is hyperbole is " Will all great neptune's ocean's wash this blood clean from my hand's (II, ii, 77-78). This is a good quote to describe hyperbole because he is over exageration to show how deeply hurt he is about killing people that all of Neptune's oceans can't clean the guilt from him ( Blood meaning Guilt). Another poetic device is Dramatic irony. This is when the character's think something may be super serious but the reader knows that it is an over exageration and that makes it almost funny/ironic. One quote from Macbeth that is dramatic irony is " All hail, Macbeth! That shalt be king hereafter" (I, iii, 53) This is a good example of dramartic irony is because the reader knows that this is over exagerated and is very unlikely but the characters just blindly believe it right away even though it is crazy and very unlikely. Lastly there is allusion. Allusion is using a pop culture reference in the play. A quote that involves allusion is " will all great Neptune's ocean's clean this blood from my hands" (II. ii. 77-78) This is allusion because Neptune is a figure that people know about so it better helps the reader understand what the writer is trying the explain. This is a good quote because it really describes how bad Macbeth feels and that all of Neptune's ocean's cannot clean his concious of what he has done. Poetic devices real help the reader better understand what the writer is trying to set in places for the play and poetic devices are one of the best ways of helping the reader visualize and understand what the writer is trying tho get across.
-Brodie Jung
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