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john9
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High School - 12th Grade

In "Macbeth," who are Greymalkin and Paddock?

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Posted by john9 on Tuesday May 13, 2008 at 11:43 AM and tagged with characters, familiar, greymalkin, macbeth, paddock, witchcraft.

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  1. amy-lepore Teacher
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    This quote occurs in Act I scene 1.  Greymalkin is the witches' attendant, a gray cat.  Paddock is a toad.

    This helps to further create a sense of mystery and danger that surrounds these...

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    Posted by amy-lepore on Tuesday May 13, 2008 at 12:00 PM


  2. sagesource Teacher
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    To be more technical about it, Greymalkin and Paddock are the witches' familiars. A "familiar" is an attendant demon given to a witch to assist him/her in doing evil....

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    Posted by sagesource on Tuesday May 13, 2008 at 12:46 PM