FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes” (Shakespeare 124 ).
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“Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble” (Shakespeare 122).
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“Seek to know no more” (Shakespeare 130).
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“Show him and make him grieve. You come like shadows ____ like shadows leave!” (Shakespeare 131).
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which quote foreshadows that Macbeth is about to enter the scene? “By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes” (Shakespeare 124 ). “Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble” (Shakespeare 122).
Detailed explanation-2: -Double, double toil and trouble: Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.
Detailed explanation-3: -By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. In Act 4, scene 1, Macbeth returns to ask the Witches for more prophesies. Sensing his presence, the Second Witch calls Macbeth “wicked.” Her words mark the first time the witches describe Macbeth as evil in the play.
Detailed explanation-4: -The witches’ prophecies to Banquo and Macbeth When they first encounter Banquo and Macbeth, the witches predict that Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor and eventually King of Scotland, and that Banquo will become the ancestor to a line of kings without actually ruling himself.