Analysis of a Soliloquy

MACBETH

     Thou losest labor.

As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air

With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed.

Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests;

I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield

To one of woman born.

MACDUFF

     Despair thy charm,

And let the angel whom thou still hast served

Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother’s womb

Untimely ripped.


Power and corruption 
Blood and gore 
Supernatural 
Irony 
MacDuff is a foil to Macbeth

This soliloquy contains Blood and Gore, because it has phrases like "With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed". It also contains Irony because all along the audience and Macbeth thought that MacDuff was woman-born, but infact "MacDuff was from his mother’s womb, untimely ripped". This soliloquy contains Supernatural because Macbeth says "I bear a charmed life, which must not  yield to one of woman born" then MacDuff says in response to that "Despair thy charm". This soliloquy contains Power and Corruption because Macbeth is so corrupt he is delusional saying that he can not be killed by woman born. Macbeth and MacDuff lived the same life but chose different paths which put then against each other.