Question

In this excerpt from act III of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which rhetorical device is used in the underlined words? MACBETH: It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood: Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak; Augurs, and understood relations, have By magot-pies, and choughs, and rooks, brought forth The secret'st man of blood.—What is the night? (act III, scene IV) A. biblical allusion B. apostrophe C. personification D. simile

Answer 1

In Shakespeare's Macbeth the underlined portion shows personification,

Ex, blood will have blood, blood is not alive, but in the presence of this writing it is giving the feeling as if it is alive.

Answer 2

Answer: C) Personification.

Explanation: personification is a figure of speech that consists in giving human characteristics to non human objects (or animals). In the given excerpt from Act III of "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, we can see examples of personification in the phrases "blood will have blood," "stones have been known to move, and trees to speak," this is personification because it is giving blook, stones, and trees (non human objects) the abilities of having blood, moving, and speaking, respectively (human characteristics).