"All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis" "All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor" "All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, that shalt be King hereafter". ... "Lesser than Macbeth, but much greater" "Not so happy, yet much happier" It is possible that Macbeth believes the witches very easily because now he has been told he will be king. ... He soon tells Banquo that he has passed that thought and will not do it. ... The witches play a large role in making Macbeth commit the murder because they only tell him good things, and not the whole truth. This leads Macbeth to think that...

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"When I raise my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance upon mine enemies. And I will repay those who haze me. ... Murphy says: "So that which is good may flourish." ... So We Shall Flow A River Fort To Thee, And Teeming With Souls Shall It Ever Be. ... Do not kill, do not rape, do not steal. ...

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Laertes, having such noble qualities as being inherently good and having a basic honesty and courage, takes up this challenge to kill Hamlet. ... In his wrath, he conspires with Claudius to develop a plan to kill Hamlet. ... Hamlet, thou art slain; No medicine in the world can do thee good; In thee there is not half an hour of life; The treacherous instrument is in thy hand, Unbated and envenom'd: the foul practise Hath turn'd itself on me lo, here I lie, Never to rise again: thy mother's poison'd: I can no more: the king, the king's to blame."" -- (V.ii.314-32...

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Horatio answers that he has come for Hamlet's father's funeral, but Hamlet says in reply "I pray thee, do not mock me, fellow-student; I think it was to see my mother's wedding"(Act I, Scene 2). ... If Claudius starts getting squirmy or uneasy, Hamlet will no for sure that Claudius did in fact kill his father. ... The meaning of this speech is whether or not he should kill himself. ... Maybe you can't go that far as to say Hamlet forgives him, but rather he forgets about seeking revenge for the moment because" now he is praying and now I"ll do't: and so he goes to he...

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So, in returning home, and with the help of persuasion and instigation from his wife, he kills King Duncan. ... The following quotes show Macbeth''s confidence take over: (Act 4. sc. 1 ln 93-97) ""Then live, Macduff; what need I fear of thee? ... Thou shalt not live, That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder... Sweet bodements, good!... He is now positive that he will be killed. ...

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The irony behind this line is that he then says, "I know not if't be true, but I, for mere suspicion in that kind, will do as if for surety." ... Othello then discharges Cassio when he says, "I love thee; But nevermore be officer of mine." ... Cassio : Good night honest Iago...I never knew a Florentine more kind and honest. ... "I will be hanged if some eternal villain, some busy and insinuating rogue, some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office, have not devised this slander; I'll be hanged else." ... But Emilia was never killed, so why must Desdemona die? ...

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Othello - "Not I; I must be found. ... Cassio, I love thee, But never more be officer of mine" (1078) For his one transgression, Cassio is stripped of his rank and cast aside. ... Iago - "There are a kind of men so loose of soul that in their sleep will mutter their affairs . ... Othello does not kill Iago, he says that Iago is the devil, and the devil cannot be killed. ... But the skills that make a good general are only applied with problem in his civilian life. ...

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"A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies. " - Alfred Tennyson. ... In Hamlet, Shakespeare indicates that people who deceive with noble intentions will be rewarded, whereas people who deceive with ignoble intentions will endure suffering. ... This maneuver was laid out by Claudius in fear for his life and position on throne so he decides to get rid of Hamlet for good. ... "This above all: to thine own self be true,/ And it must follow, as the night the day,/ Thou canst not then be false to any man./ Farewell: My blessing season this in thee! ... Gracious, so please you,/ We will be...

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He tells us "ironic treatment alone would enable me to say all I felt I would have to say in scorn as well as pity" (Conrad: p41). ... Upon hearing of the tearing off of an officer's ear via a revolutionary newspaper Stevie is sent into a frenzy of righteous anger, leaving him pacing up and down, ominously and ironically holding the carving knife that will later be used to kill his murderer. ... Although Stevie is essentially vulnerable his position as a half-wit allows him to be a Quixotic figure, in the tradition of "the comic jester who is free to reveal the madness and corruption of a...

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Before I shipped that young fellow, my forecastle was a rat-pit of quarrels. It was black times, I tell you, aboard the Rights here. I was worried to that degree my pipe had no comfort for me. ... Claggart sees that Billy is everything that he is not, so he tries to destroy Billy, just as Satan tried to destroy Jesus because of Christ's divine nature. ... Elizabeth Hardwick writes of Vere that; He believes Billy's account of his state of mind; he is half in love with the Angel of God himself, and it is clear in the end that the death by hanging, ordained by marine law, will ...

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