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YOUNG SIWARD. Thou liest, abhorred tyrant; with my sword. I'll prove the lie thou speak'st. They fight and YOUNG SIWARD is slain. MACBETH. Thou wast born of woman. But swords I smile at, weapons ...
That way the noise is. Tyrant, show thy face! If thou beest slain, and with no stroke of mine, 20 My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still. I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms Are hired to bear their staves. Either thou, Macbeth, Or else my sword with an unbattered edge I sheathe again undeeded.
Tyrant, show thy face! If thou beest slain, and with no stroke of mine, My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still. I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms. 20 Are hired to bear their staves. Either thou, Macbeth, Or else my sword with an unbattered edge. I sheathe again undeeded.
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Part of Macduffs work is to wake the king every morning. He discovers Duncans murder in Act 2, 3cene 3, and announces it to the rest of the people at Macbeths castle. The heartbroken way he announces it spells trouble for Macbeth: Duncan was a beloved king. Macduffs lines of genuine horror and remorse at the death of king contrast with the suspicio...
Macduff says these lines in Act 4 scene 3, after having abandoned his wife and children and fled for his life. Beyond the danger Macbeth poses to Macduff personally, Macduff worries about what effect Macbeths tyranny will have on Scotland. Here, Macduff is angry at himself and others who will not stand up to Macbeth. He will soon learn of Macbeths ...
Macduff is determined to kill Macbeth and revenge the brutal murder of his family, as this short speech from Act 5, scene 7 makes clear. Macduff calls on Fortune to help him find Macbeth and kill him, echoing the role of fate and the supernatural in the play, as represented elsewhere by the Witches. Macbeth has already learned that Birnam Wood did ...
/ If thou be'st slain and with no stroke of mine, / My wife and children's ghosts will haunt me still" (5.7.14-16). Macduff goes on to say that he has no wish to fight Macbeth's unwilling soldiers, then hears a noise which he thinks will lead him to Macbeth, and he rushes out again. Enter Malcolm and Siward.
Jul 31, 2015 · 2350 My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still. 2351 I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms 2352 Are hired to bear their staves. Either thou, Macbeth, 2353 Or else my sword with an unbattered edge 2354 25 I sheathe again undeeded. There thou shouldst be; 2355 By this great clatter, one of greatest note 2356 Seems bruited. Let ...
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