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Macbeth Figurative Language
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Macbeth Figurative Language
by Emma Wooten and
Gregory Bailey
Example Four
Personification
Personification is giving human human characteristics to something that is not human.
"Infected minds to their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets" (Macbeth 5.1.62-63).
This is an example of Personification.
The figurative meaning is that people with secrets share them while they sleep.
The literal meaning would be that her brain would be talking to her pillow.
Example Three
Idiom
An idiom is a phrase that has two different meanings.
All the perfumes of Arabia would not sweeten this little hand" (Macbeth 5.1.42-43).
This example is an idiom.
The figurative meaning of this idiom is that in her mind, her conscience feels so dirty that she could not possibly clean it.
The literal meaning would be that every single perfume in Arabia would not be able to make her hands clean again.
Example Two
"I'll drain him dry as hay" (Macbeth 1.3.20).
This is an example of a simile.
Example One
The literal meaning of this example would be that the witch is going to take all of the water out of him until he is dried up like hay.
"My gashes cry for help" (Macbeth 1.2.42).
What Shakespeare means figuratively is that the witch is going to drain him of energy by preventing him from sleeping, comparing his energy to hay.
This is an example of personification.