Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Where are examples of metaphor and simile in Act 2, scene 4, of "Macbeth"?Can you give examples of a simile and a metaphor from Act 2, scene 4 of...

In Act II, Scene 4 of "Macbeth," there is a metaphor in the second line as the old man speaks to Ross about the recent occurrences:



Threescore and ten I can remember well:/Within the volume of which time/I have seen hours dreadful and things strange/(II,iv,1-3)



Time is compared to a "volume," a book in which recordings have been made.  Ross's response also contains metaphors:



Darkness does the face of earth entomb (II,iv,10)



Ross implies that evil will cover the land, the "face" of the earth.  This tomb motif continues as Ross inquires where Duncan's body has been taken.  Macduff replies that it has gone to Colmekill [creek], the



sacred storehouse of his predecessors/And guardian of their bones (II,iv,45)



The burial area is called [compared] to a guardian.


A simile that is also present is in the old man's remark to Ross who describes the eerie atmosphere of the earth, comparing it to the murder of Duncan:



'Tis unnatural/Even like the deed that's done. (II,iv,12-13)



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