Question

Identify the figures of speech in the following quotations and explain their functions: There is nothig serious mortality All is but toys.​

Answer 1

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There's a irony in the quote, to understand you need to read Shakespeare's Macbeth.

In this quote from act 2, scene 3, Macbeth is expressing grief and shock over Duncan's death. In fact, his expression of grief is extreme. He says, for example, that there is nothing worth living for now that their beloved king is dead. Macbeth expresses his love for Duncan by calling him the "wine of life." He is basically saying that Duncan was the source of all joy in life and now that he has gone, barely anything good (the "dregs") remains.

This is ironic because Macbeth is the reason that Duncan is dead, but only Lady Macbeth and the reader know what really happened. The other characters have no idea that Macbeth, driven by pure ambition, stabbed Duncan while he slept in his chamber. It is also ironic because killing Duncan suggests that Macbeth did not love him at all. In fact, it suggests the very opposite.

It is important, however, for Macbeth to act grief-stricken because he wants to avoid detection by the other noblemen. If they knew what he had done, he would be charged with murder...