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Metonymy In Macbeth

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Macbeth has many elements in it which help to build the characters. I will be analyzing Macduff. The purpose of Act 2, Scene 3 is to formally announce that King Duncan is dead. Lines 64-82 reveal Maduff informing Lennox and Macbeth of the death. The announcement is first introduced in the quote, “Confusion now hath made his masterpiece./Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope/The Lord’s anointed temple, and stole thence/The life o’ the building.” (Lines 72-75). This quote is from when Macduff first informs Lennox and Macbeth, although it is not clear at first to them the Macduff means that King Duncan is dead. The language use in Act 2, Scene 3 helps to describe the feeling and atmosphere of such a dark scene. A metonymy is used during the

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