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How does shakespeare's use of figurative language in this excerpt affect the play? a. by describing the enemy of macbeth as "the slave," the sergeant suggests that macbeth is a cruel and immoral figure who treats others as property. b. by saying that macbeth "unseam'd" the enemy of duncan from "the nave to the chaps," the sergeant reveals macbeth to be a smart and effective negotiator. c. by stating that macbeth's sword "smoked with bloody execution," the sergeant makes clear the fact that macbeth is a ruthless and powerful warrior. d. by suggesting that macbeth was treating fortune with disdain, the sergeant conveys the idea that macbeth is ruled by his vaulting ambition. sergeant: brave macbeth—well he deserves that name— disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, which smoked with bloody execution, like valour's minion carved out his passage till he faced the slave; which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, and fix'd his head upon our battlements.

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