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Song of the Witches: “Double, double toil and trouble”. By William Shakespeare. (from Macbeth) Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog,
‘Double double toil and trouble/Fire burn and cauldron bubble‘ is a rhyming couplet from Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, chanted by the supernatural three witches. It is among the most quoted lines from Shakespeare , mainly because of its sing-song rhythm and its rhyming.
This song of the witches, ‘Double, Double Toil and Trouble’, appears in Act 4, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’. In the previous acts of the play, Macbeth has killed both the king, Duncan, and his friend Banquo for the lust for power.
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble: Annotations for the Witches' Chants (4.1.1-47) A dark cave. In the middle, a boiling cauldron. Thunder. Enter the three Witches. First Witch. Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. Second Witch. Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined.
Nov 21, 2023 · One of the most well-known passages in William Shakespeare's Macbeth is the "Double double toil and trouble" quote. It appears in Act IV scene 1 of the play. Long before their appearance in Act...
First Witch. Round about the cauldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights has thirty-one Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot. ALL. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Second Witch.
The three witches, casting a spell. Round about the cauldron go; In the poison’d entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone. Days and nights hast thirty one. Swelter’d venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.