Macbeth and Shakespeare Essay

This quote god bear out me from my friends but from my enemies I can defend myself means gods help me from my friends but, I have the ability to defend myself. Two stories that Ive read that support this quote are Macbeth by William Shakespeare and The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe. I definitely grant with this quote because Macbeths friends thought they were really his friends but, they were wrong.Macbeth by William Shakespeare shows literary devices and they support my opinion of this quote. One is dramatic irony and it proves this quote true for many reasons. It is true because peeress Macbeth shows traitorousness against Duncan, the king of Scotland and Macbeth shows betrayal against all his friend, he was really using them and in the end he decimateed some of his friends. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth wanted to both kill Duncan all along, so they Planned it all out. Betrayal is what happened here, big time. The other literary device from the story that supports my opin ion and makes this quote true is, Tradgeic Hero. Macbeth started out as a tradgeic hero and then throughout the story he also betrays all his friends, pretty much the same reason for the dramatic irony. He is on the dot a great example of a tradgeic hero.The other story that supports my opinion is The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe and the quote God defend me from my friends but, from my enemies I can defend myself. The two literary devices used are symbol and mood. Symbol makes this quote true in this story. This is true because montresors coat of arms which is the snake cutting the foot that is crushing it. This represents montresor getting revenge on fortunato for his supposed insult. When they both walked through the catacombs , montresor describes his coat of arms in a descriptive way. The other literary device that is used in this short story is, mood. The mood is very important in the story. It has a lot of terror and fear in the lay which connects to the mood. Thi s mood is created because of the setting which is the cave with the bones, dampness and darkness. This set a mood that is not so inviting.These two stories both concluded the meaning of the quote. They both had friends and enemies and betrayal against one another. The setting in The Cask Of Amontillado defiantly showed how they defended themselves. This is why I agree with this quote.