Lady Macbeth Metaphor. How do the following create suspense. Sat巴朗3500词汇 The metaphor compares Macbeths sword to an instrument which releases vapour caused by the heat of battle as it executes its purpose which in this example is to kill those at whom it is directed. . Life goes by quickly and is not or worth for many and at the end it is just like a. Fair is foul and foul is fair --Act 1 Scene 1 Line 10. Evil and sinister things have taken the place of all that is. Now does he feel his titleHang loose about him like a. Give to th edge o th sword- This metaphor serves to distance Macbeth from the consequences of his commands because he does not directly kill them. No teeth for th present. Macbeth uses this metaphor to describe his own condition. Answered by Aslan on 10132013 531 PM. Despite this he continues to fight against all odds holding faith in the witches other prophesy that said no man born of woma