In "The Tragedy of Macbeth", by William Shakespeare, Scene III, Lines 65-67 the metaphor that MacDuff makes in these lines is "Approach the chamber, and destroy/your sight/With a new Gorgon." Gorgon, in Greek mythology, are three sisters that have snakes for hair and have the power to turn he who looks at them into stones. The sight of King Duncan being dead will turn them into stone. From then on everything becomes unnatural in the play.
Macbeth is a tragic play by William Shakespeare and Macduff is the antagonist of the play. He compares the dead body of Lord Duncan to Gorgon's power of turning into stone.
Macduff is the main antagonist in "The Tragedy of Macbeth", and is a very loyal person who kills Macbeth in the play. In scene III, of the play he speaks, "Approach the chamber, and destroy/your sight/With a new Gorgon."
By these lines, he meant that like Gorgon, a greek mythological character the dead body of Lord Duncan can turn a person into stone. These lines are effective as it conveys the shock he felt.
Therefore, the metaphor is effective as it conveys the shock he feels.
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