The Tragedy of Macbeth
By Andrew Burdick
The Blame of Macbeth's Downfall
Literary Devices
Simile
This is being used as a simile in the play because it is showing how a character is looking like something, but being something else. Also it's showing how one person can look so nice (the innocent flower) but be a wicked person (the serpent).
Imagery
This quote is being used as imagery because it's describing everything around. This is showing the reader how all the objects have human characteristics, and that's why this quote is imagery.
Irony
This quote is being used as irony. It shows in the quote it is irony because if the character had died just an hour before he had the chance to make a mistake, he would've lived a blessed time. This is ironic because the character really could've died happily, but since he had the chance to screw it up, he took it.“Had I but died an hour before this chance,/ I had lived a blessed time;” (Act 2, sc. 3, ln. 90-91).