Point: Personification
Evidence: Lady Macbeth uses powerful personifications in her wording to make it sound very dark and moody. Because of this she describes these as if they were meant to be offensive and negative towards King Duncan and the witches for their forces of evil.
Example: When Lady Macbeth is in the process of blaming the witches for such false prophecy and lies. She cries out “That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry HOLD! HOLD!” This holds the fact she that she doesn’t want heaven no god to know of what wicked deeds she plans to do, adding to this. She also doubts Macbeth’s strength or will to become king. That is why she will kill King Duncan to become Queen Of Scotland so that she is actually the real power behind the throne instead of Macbeth, but when she says “My keen knife see not the wound it makes”. She is referring to the knife. Lady Macbeth explains it as if she can see what the knife really is capable of and wants it to do the job properly without any witnesses.
Hi Nico,
This is a good structure. I’d like to look more closely into your examination of the personification of the knife. When Lady Macbeth says “That my keen knife see not the wound it makes”, She’s describing the knife as if it is a person and can see its actions – why do you think she does this? Could she maybe be trying to make a point about herself? If so – what does this say about her?