The play Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, takes place in England and Scotland during the 11th century. Macbeth is a famous warrior known by many others in Scotland, his end goal is to become king. Unfortunately for Macbeth the noble Duncan gets named king, quickly Macbeth devises a plan and ends up killing Duncan. After Macbeth killed Duncan it is obvious he is uneasy based on how he is speaking, his mind has been completely infiltrated by thoughts of murder; Shakespeare uses diction to represent this using a subtle word choice by Macbeth to refer to Macbeth’s past deeds and future plans. While Macbeth is devising another plan to kill a noble named Banquo and his son who is set to succeed Macbeth, Macbeth shows how everything has gotten to him by talking …show more content…
This is diction because Shakespeare uses indirect wording to talk about killing. This shows how infiltrated Macbeth’s mind is, it is to the point where he is unable to speak without using words that represent his intentions, stick deep clearly refers to how one might stick a knife deep into the skin of the one they are trying to kill. Not only does this show how infiltrated Macbeths mind is with murder and stabbing, it also shows his inability to be careful with his language, this likely stems from the fact that Macbeth has gone without sleep since halfway through the play, this like in real life, causes Macbeth to hallucinate, this is due mostly to the unease that Macbeth has felt since committing the murder. Macbeth becomes infected with the thought of constantly killing and trying to defend his title as king. Another literary device we see Macbeth use comes later in the soliloquy, right before we meet the murderers that Macbeth plans to take advantage of for his next set of prey is imagery. Macbeth refers to Banquo as if all he is good for is his semen, stating “the seeds of Banquo’s kings”