Biblical allusion: This style is in the Sergeant’s speech when he “… Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds, Or memorize another Golgotha”. This is an explanation of the bloodshed and pain caused by Macbeth which is compared to the pain and bloodshed of Jesus in Golgotha. This reveals the battlefield to be a bloody place where traitors are killed mercilessly.

Vivid imagery: The Sergeant graphically describes the violence of the battle, by creating images in the mind of the reader with expressions like “brandish’d steel, bloody execution unseam’d him from the nave to the chops, Golgotha, and his head upon our battlements. These vivid pictures are to emphasize on Macbeth’s bravery.