To get this badge I will explain 3 types of language Shakespeare uses in the play Macbeth.
Dramatic irony is when the audience know something that the characters in the play do not. A good example of this is when Macbeth murdered Duncan but the other characters in the play do not and they don’t find out that he did it for the whole play.
A soliloquy is when a character in a play speak to themselves but no one else is there and no one else can hear what the character is saying, it is a bit like thinking out loud. A very famous example of this in Macbeth is Macbeth’s soliloquy on whether to kill Duncan or not but at the end of it he decides to kill him and does it.
Rhyme and blank verse are another types of language Shakespeare would of used back in the day which are rhyming and non rhyming verses. Also Shakespeare would use equal syllables in lines in a verse.
November 23, 2015 at 9:35 pm
Hello Gary,
You have shown that you have a clear understanding of what these devices mean, now you must develop your work by drawing clear examples from the text.
Focus on one device at a time and go to a specific instance in the play where you think this is used to help nhance meaning. You must then take at least one quotation from the text and explore how this effect has been achieved.