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Bathe in reeking wounds (1.2.34-41)

DUNCAN Dismay'd not this Our captains, Macbeth and Banquo? CAPTAIN Yes; As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion. If I say sooth, I must...

Justice with valour arm'd (1.2.28-33)

Captain Mark, king of Scotland, mark: No sooner justice had with valour arm'd Compell'd these skipping kerns to trust their heels, But...

Discomfort swells (1.2.25-28)

Captain As whence the sun 'gins his reflection Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break, So from that spring whence comfort seem'd...

Valour's minion (1.2.16-23)

But all's too weak: For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name-- Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, Which smoked with...

Doubtful it stood (1.2.8-15)

CAPTAIN Doubtful it stood; As two spent swimmers, that do cling together And choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald-- Worthy to be a...

What bloody man? (1.2.1-7)

SCENE II. A camp near Forres. Alarum within. Enter DUNCAN, MALCOLM, DONALBAIN, LENNOX, with Attendants, meeting a bleeding Sergeant...

I come, Graymalkin! (1.1.9-13)

First Witch I come, Graymalkin! Second Witch Paddock calls. Third Witch Anon. ALL Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog...

That will be ere the set of sun (1.1.5-8)

Third Witch That will be ere the set of sun. First Witch Where the place? Second Witch Upon the heath. Third Witch There to meet with...

Miss Richer's Guide to Close Reading

Working your way through Shakespeare isn't easy. It's sometimes hard just to work out what's going on, let alone to begin to analyse it....

Introduction

Do you enjoy the satisfaction of unpicking language, of debating interpretations, of thinking about 400 year old linguistic and...

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