Day: 11 October 2016

Metaphysics

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy responsible for the study of existence. It is the foundation of a worldview. It answers the question “What is?” It encompasses everything that exists, as well as the nature of existence itself. It says whether the world is real, or merely an illusion. It is a fundamental view of the world around us.

http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/Metaphysics_Main.html found

An word that uses Metaphysics is when he talks about a dagger Macbeth can see it We cant.

Paradox

Paradox Definition, a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/paradox found definition

From act 1 scene 1, Foul is Fair and Fair is Foul. It’s saying 2 things which you are confused with, saying foul means Fair but Fair is Foul?

Pathetic Fallacy

Definition
Pathetic fallacy is a literary device that attributes human qualities and emotions to inanimate objects of nature. The word “pathetic” in the term is not used in the derogatory sense of being miserable; rather, here, it stands for “imparting emotions to something else”.

http://literarydevices.net/pathetic-fallacy/ definition found

At act 1 scene 1, “Hovery through the fog and filthy air.” There talking about how annoyed the air is because they All said it.

Dramatic Irony

A dramatic device that allows the audience to be aware of things that some (or all) of the characters in a text.

For example, in act 1 scene 4 of Shakespeare Macbeth, Macbeth speaks in an aside (to the audience) telling us that he is going to have dispense with the king son Malcolm in order to become king hmiself

From Mr Waugh