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Macbeth Rhetorical Analysis

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Shakespeare uses a plethora of literary devices to set the tone for his tragedy, Macbeth. One of the devices he utilizes is the equivocation fallacy, the rhetorical device that occurs when an argument is ambiguous. In Macbeth, the witches, the Weird Sisters, employ the equivocation fallacy to baffle the other characters of the play. They talk in riddles, saying sentences that appear to make no sense, which leave the other characters feeling confused and seeking answers and which can also be confusing to the audience if not properly analyzed. In Act 1 of the play, the weird sisters tell Banquo that he is “Lesser than Macbeth and greater” and that he is “Not so happy, yet so much happier.” While these statements may seem paradoxical, upon further

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