Activity 5.6.3 - Act 5 Scene 2
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Consider the following lines:
(A) “Now does he feel his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe / Upon a dwarfish thief” (5.2.20-22).
(B) “The Thane of Cawdor lives. / Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?” (1.3.110-111).
(C) “New honors come upon him, / Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold” (1.3.46-48).
Which figures of speech is Shakespeare using in these three citations? Look for three and explain their meaning in 75-100 words.
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