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One of the witches in Macbeth foretells evil in the famous line, “By the pricking of my thumbs, / Something wicked this way comes.”Macbeth, known as Shakespeare's “Scottish Play," weaves a tale of murder, treachery, and madness, as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plot to kill King Duncan after Macbeth hears the witches’ prophecy about his impending kingship.
Come like shadows, so depart! [A show of Eight Kings, the last with a glass in] his hand; GHOST OF BANQUO following] Macbeth. Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo: down! Thy crown does sear mine eye-balls. And thy hair, 1685. Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the first. A third is like the former.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare, which is believed to have been written around 1606, is a timeless tragedy that delves into the corrosive effects of unchecked ambition. Set against the backdrop of medieval Scotland, the play follows the tragic downfall of Macbeth, at first a brave and honorable general. His fate takes a drastic turn when he ...
Macbeth, Act I, Scene IV Macbeth is an anomaly among Shakespeare's tragedies in certain critical ways. It is short: more than a thousand lines shorter than Othello and King Lear, and only slightly more than half as long as Hamlet. This brevity has suggested to many critics that the received version is based on a heavily cut source, perhaps a prompt-book for a particular performance. This would ...
Macbeth a gunpowder and witchcraft play . Shakespeare’s Macbeth was written in the aftermath of the foiled Gunpowder Plot to honour King James I, and was written to be performed at court before King James I. Macbeth is laced with compliments to the King. Naturally, Shakespeare makes reference to the King’s Scottish ancestry, life, and known ...
3.4.0.2 1254 Banquet prepared. Enter Macbeth, Lady [Macbeth], Ross, Lennox, 1255 Lords, and attendants. [Lady Macbeth sits.] 3.4.2 And last, the hearty welcome. And last, the hearty welcome. Thanks to your majesty. 3.4.5 But in best time 1262 we will require her welcome. 3.4.7 1264 For my heart speaks they are welcome.
Macbeth. [Aside] The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step. On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be, 335. Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
