We have enjoyed studying in this early comedy the antecedent plot lines , figurative language and dramatic devices that appear later in Shakespeare's more mature works. Today , we noted that Dogberry's malapropisms manifest in later tragedies , that the metaphor of water cleansing sin appears in Macbeth and Hamlet, and that Beatrice's convincing Benedict to slay his best friend is deeply reminiscent of Lady Macbeth's urging Macbeth to kill Duncan.