literary divices in Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s Literary Devices Shakespeare, through his use of stylistic devices; namely, his use of metaphors, personification, symbols, imagery, and irony, though not necessarily limited to them; creates rich, vivid verse that has yet to be paralleled in writing since. There are many excellent examples of stylistic devices throughout Shakespeare’s work, but for this paper I will only quote from Mac Beth. I would like to quote and reflect some of these devices in …showed first 75 words of 1319 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1319 total…both well. It is easy to see why Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest playwrights of all time. His mastery of irony, imagery, and other such devices allowed him to construct worlds both familiar and unfamiliar to us; those unfamiliar, became as night and day; just as George Lucas created a universe so different, yet so familiar, so too, did Shakespeare, and he rendered (punt intended) it the old way… through the written word.