2. the stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us
a. metaphor
b. hyperbole
c. personification
d. oxymoron
from the book night by elie wiesel

in macbeth, banquo, who in real life had willing in the murder of king duncan, is portrayed as a loyal subject of the king himself. many analysts believe that shakespeare had done this in order to king james, who supposedly was a direct descendant of banquo himself.

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