Category: Book Macbeth
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Stars, hide your fires; Let not light Macbeth
Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. Quote Analysis Act 1 Scene 4 lines 52-53 Said by Macbeth at the beginning of the play in Act 1 Scene 4, these words show us the initial hesitations of the character. He discusses his current position with himself: now Macbeth is…
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Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles. Macbeth 31 MACBETH:Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas’d,Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,Raze out the written troubles of the brain,And with some sweet oblivious antidoteCleanse the stuff’d bosom of the perilous stuffWhich weighs upon the heart?DOCTOR:Therein the patient Must minister to himself. Macbeth 30 A little…
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By the pricking of my thumbs, Something Macbeth
By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. Quote Analysis Act 4 Scene 1 lines 44-45 Said by the second of three witches in Macbeth in Act 4 Scene 1, this phrase became popular in the modern culture. “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury is the most iconic example, but…
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Macbeth: Act 1 Scenes 5 & &, Relationships of Macbeth & Lady Macbeth In Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth receives a letter from Macbeth, telling her of the witches’ prediction that he will be king. Lady Macbeth’s first reaction is to say “shalt be what thou art promis’d”. She then says “yet do I…
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Macbeth, a Play Full of Darkness Macbeth is a play full of darkness, evil, and tragedy. It is the story of a man who goes against his conscience and commits a horrible deed which leads to his destruction and loss of everything he has around him. This includes the relationship he has with his wife,…
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Macbeth Summary
The plot begins with the end of a war, or an invasion, to be exact. The Norwegians had waged war on Scotland with the assistance of rebels but were majorly defeated and forced to retreat due to the heroic efforts of the Scots. Two, in particular, Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, and Banquo end up…
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Macbeth Essays
Freewill Macbeth is considered one of the greatest and shortest tragedies that William Shakespeare has ever written. Similar to his tragic heroes like Othello and Hamlet, Macbeth was initially portrayed as a courageous hero who had defeated the kingdom’s enemy. However, in this story, Macbeth and his wife… 929 words Characterization in William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”…
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That tears shall drown the wind. I Macbeth
That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself And falls on th’ other. Quote Analysis These hesitant words are said by Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 7 Page 1 of “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare. Macbeth metaphorically concludes his long…
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What man I dare, I dare. Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, the armed rhinoceros, or th’ Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves shall never tremble. Macbeth 6 Prev123
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To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,Creeps in this Macbeth
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,To the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more. It is…
