Rhetorical Devices
The emotional break for Shakespeare's audience following the intense emotions of Duncan's murder scene
What is comic relief?
The use of the drunk porter's low comedy with relation to Macbeth's evilness
What are foils/contrast?
Ross and Macbeth's similarity
What is loyalty to King Duncan?
The literary device used when the porter calls Macbeth's gates the gates of hell
What is a metaphor?
The relationship type of Ross and the old man
What is a mentor-mentee relationship?
The device present in the uneducated, messy porter and his awareness of the offness of the Macbeths
What is irony?
The character used to symbolize age and knowledge
What is the old man?