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I am constant as the northern star. Caesar: "I am constant as the northern star, Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality. There is no fellow in the firmament." With this speech, Caesar...
- Act 1: Scene 2
- Act 1: Scene 7
- Act 2: Scene 1
- Act 2: Scene 2
- Act 2: Scene 3
- Act 3: Scene 1
- Act 3: Scene 5
- Act 4: Scene 1
- Act 4: Scene 3
- Act 5: Scene 8
Mythological
This is an allusion to Lady Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fortune, who the Captain references as behaving like Madonwald’s “whore” on the battlefield.
Religious
This is an allusion to Golgotha, the place where Christ was crucified.
Religious
The term “heaven’s cherubim” is an allusion to an angel of heaven.
Literary
This is an allusion to an adage about a cat that likes fish but not wetting her paws.
Mythological
This is an allusion to Hecate, the Greek goddess of magic, witchcraft, ghosts, necromancy, and the night and moon.
Historical
This is an allusion to Tarquin, a Roman prince who raped Lucretia, a Roman wife, in her bed at night.
Mythological
This is an allusion to Neptune, the Roman god of the sea.
Religious
This is a biblical allusion to Pontius Pilate publicly washing his hands to absolve himself of any guilt for Christ’s crucifixion.
Religious
This is an allusion to Satan, also called Beelzebub, or one of the seven princes of Hell.
Historical/Political
This is an allusion to the Gunpowder Plot against King James I.
Mythological
This is an allusion to Medusa, a Greek monster with snakes for hair who could turn men to stone.
Historical/Political/Literary
This is an allusion to Mark Antony and Julius Caesar, two famous Roman politicians and leaders of the Roman Republic, as well as a reference to Shakespeare’s play Antony and Cleopatra, in which a soothsayer predicts Antony’s fortunes would be lesser than Caesar’s.
Religious
This is an allusion to Macbeth giving his soul, or “mine eternal jewel,” to Satan, the “common enemy of man.”
Mythological
This is an allusion to Acheron, a river in Hades in Greek and Roman mythology.
Mythological
This is an allusion to the harpies, the half-human, half-bird monsters in Greek mythology who tormented people.
Religious
This is an allusion to doomsday, or the end of times as described in Abrahamic religions.
Literary
This is an allusion to an old folktale about a Roman soldier on the losing side of a battle who kills himself to avoid being killed by his enemies.
Mythological
This is an allusion to Cerberus, a three-headed hound from Hell in Greek mythology.
Quick answer: The allusion to Caesar and Mark Antony in Macbeth illustrates Macbeth's fear of Banquo, paralleling how Antony was overshadowed by Caesar. Macbeth fears that Banquo's...
Explanation of the famous quotes in Macbeth, including all important speeches, comments, quotations, and monologues.
Aug 8, 2019 · Although we can find precursors to Macbeth in the murderer-turned-conscience-stricken-men of Shakespeare’s earlier plays – notably the conspirator Brutus in Julius Caesar and Claudius in Hamlet – Macbeth provides us with a closer and more complex examination of how a brave man with everything going for him might be corrupted by ambition ...
Mark Antony and Caesar (act 3, scene 1): Julius Caesar defeated Antony in civil wars throughout the Roman Empire. Macbeth compares himself to Antony, whom he views as lesser, and Banquo’s...
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Character Analysis Caesar. In using Julius Caesar as a central figure, Shakespeare is less interested in portraying a figure of legendary greatness than he is in creating a character who is consistent with the other aspects of his drama.
