What are some examples of personification, paradox and alliteration in Act 1 of Macbeth?I found examples of metaphors and similies to be easy, but...

The play begins with one of the most often quoted
paradoxes:

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Fair is foul and foul is
fair.

A paradox is a seeming
contradiction, and this line spoken by all three witches at the end of the first scene
suggests their deceptive nature--nothing is what it seems to
be.

Examples of personification are more difficult to find
perhaps because they are more scarce.  But one example of giving inanimate objects human
characteristics might be in King Duncan's speech:

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My plenteous
joys,

Wanton in fullness, seek to hide
themselves

In drops of
sorrow.

Here Duncan is
ascribing human traits to his happiness that is disguising itself with his tears (of
joy).

Alliteration is the repetition of the first consonant
sounds of words that are close together.  It serves as a type of verbal highlighter that
emphasizes key ideas.  Alliteration is quite common throughout the play.  One example is
Macbeth's speech in scene 4:

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Stars, hide your
fires;

Let not light see my black and deep
desires.

"Deep desires" is an
example of alliteration suggesting Macbeth's murderous inclination.  This line, by the
way, is also filled with assonance--repetition of vowel sounds.  Look how many times the
long i sound, as in "eyes," is repeated.