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  I need help coming up with some quotes from "Macbeth" and they have to explain each of the following plot elements:

  Posted by kat- on Jun 2, 2008 at 09:19 PM

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  What is the literal meaning of the following passage in Act V, Scene 1 of "Macbeth"?

  Posted by pito156 on May 14, 2008 at 10:39 PM

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  Explain, from Macbeth, Act 2:   "Naught's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content."

  Posted by llamarche on Apr 7, 2008 at 07:06 PM

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  What are they saying in the following quote from "Macbeth" and why is it significant?

  Posted by trlocke on Apr 7, 2008 at 02:14 PM

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  What does this quote mean? " But screw your courage to the the sticking- place,/ And we'll not fail." What literacy device is it?

  Posted by bofman on Mar 2, 2008 at 03:33 PM

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  Explain this quote: "Good sir, why do you start , and seem to fear/ Things that do sound so fair?" What kind of literary device is it?

  Posted by jenfaith on Mar 1, 2008 at 03:59 PM

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  Explain this quote: "doubtful it stood/as two spent swimmers that do cling together and choke their art." What literacy device would it be?

  Posted by bofman on Mar 1, 2008 at 02:43 PM

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  What is the translation of "witches mummy maw and gulf" in "Macbeth"?

  Posted by silvermoonmare on Feb 4, 2008 at 03:45 PM

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  What does shakespeare means when he says: "out out brief candle ..."?

  Posted by mahdi on Jan 17, 2008 at 08:43 AM

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  Explain this quotation: “God’s benison go with you, and with those that would make good of bad and friends of foes!” (Act II.iv)

  Posted by vn5472 on Jan 15, 2008 at 12:27 PM

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  What does this line mean from "Macbeth," Act 1, Scene 3, mean:  "Nothing is but what is not"?

  Posted by vn5472 on Jan 8, 2008 at 12:26 PM

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  What is the dramatic significance of this quote from Macbeth? "It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood." (Act III, scene iv)

  Posted by momo23 on Dec 19, 2007 at 12:00 PM

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  The Quote "fair is foul and foul is fair" by the witches what does it mean?

  Posted by laci on Feb 14, 2007 at 06:02 PM

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  What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says "our desire is got without content?

  Posted by mari36 on Jan 31, 2007 at 12:55 PM