Enargeia

Vivid sensory description, bringing a scene to life. 1.2 Captain: “Till he unseam’d him from the nave to th’ chops, / And fix’d his head upon our battlements.” 1.6 Duncan: “The air / Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself.” 1.6 Banquo: “Heaven’s breath / Smells wooingly here.”

Chiasmus

Inverted structure (ABBA). 1.1 Witches: “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” 1.3 Macbeth (echoing them): “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.”

Antithesis

Juxtaposition of opposites. 1.1 Witches: “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” 1.3 Banquo: “Lesser than Macbeth, and greater.” 1.3 Banquo: “Not so happy, yet much happier.” 1.3 Banquo: “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.”

Epizeuxis

Immediate repetition of a word or phrase. N/A (hallucination)

Paronomasia

1.2 Ross: “Bellona’s bridegroom.” (Macbeth = both groom of the war goddess & war personified). 1.3 Banquo: “Why do you start, and seem to fear / Things that do sound so fair?” (play on “fair” = appearance + fortune).

Synecdoche

A part represents the whole (or vice versa). 1.6 Banquo: “The temple-haunting martlet, does approve / By his loved mansionry that the heaven’s breath / Smells wooingly here.” (bird stands for peace of the whole castle). 1.2 Captain: “Brandish’d steel” (the sword represents soldier/war).

Cataphora

Hinting at something before fully revealing it. 1.3 Witches: “All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter!” (teases destiny before it unfolds). 1.3 Banquo: “If you can look into the seeds of time, / And say which grain will grow, and which will not…” (introduces the metaphor before explaining it).

Polysyndeton

Overuse of conjunctions (“and… and…”), adds weight or excess. 1.2 Captain: “Which ne’er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, / Till he unseam’d him from the nave to th’ chops, and fix’d his head upon our battlements.” 1.5 Lady Macbeth: “Come to my woman’s breasts, and take my milk for gall… Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell.” 1.3 Macbeth: “The Thane of Cawdor lives, a prosperous gentleman; and to be king stands not within the prospect of belief.” 1.7 Macbeth: “First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, / Strong both against the deed.”

Diacope

Repetition with a word in between. 1.7 Macbeth: “If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well / It were done quickly.”

Hypophora

Asking a question and then answering it. 1.2 Captain: “Doubtful it stood; / As two spent swimmers, that do cling together / And choke their art.” (poses situation, explains with metaphor). 1.7 Macbeth: “If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well / It were done quickly.” (raises possibility, partially answers).

Caricature

An exaggerated portrayal of a person or their traits, often to highlight flaws or create a grotesque effect. Lady Macbeth (1.5): “Yet I do fear thy nature; / It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness

Dichotomy

A division into two contrasting or mutually exclusive ideas, qualities, or concepts. Witches (1.1): “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” — contrasts appearance vs. reality. Banquo (1.3): “Not so happy, yet much happier” — shows contradictory states simultaneously.

Dysphemism

The use of a harsh, unpleasant, or offensive term instead of a neutral or polite one. Quotation: Sergeant (1.2): “Till he unseam’d him from the nave to th’ chops” ED: also any reference to blood cuz thats farmable

In media Res

When a narrative begins in the middle of the action, rather than at the chronological start. “When shall we three meet again / In thunder, lightning, or in rain?”- wierd ass sisters. in scene 1. Sergeant to Duncan (1.2): “Doubtful it stood; / As two spent swimmers, that do cling together / And choke their art.”

stichomythia

rapid succession of yapping like: me:hi U:hi me:shut up U: no .get it. Duncan: “What bloody man is that?” Sergeant: “For brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name—” - detty pigs from scene 2 also this long aah one Quotation: Act 1, Scene 1: First Witch: “When shall we three meet again?” Second Witch: “In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” Third Witch: “When the hurly-burly’s done, When the battle’s lost and won.” First Witch: “That will be ere the set of sun.” Second Witch: “Where the place?” Third Witch: “Upon the heath.” First Witch: “There to meet with Macbeth.” All: “Fair is foul, and foul is fair, Hover through the fog and filthy air.” ED: it speeds up the action and tempo.

Hamartia

fatal flaw. Contextual point so no real quotes for it (i couldbt be asked to find them of there are quotes but man this has taken too long).

Anachronism

against the normal of the time e.g. lady macbeth.

chremamorphism

giving a human object like qualities