Macbeth Glossary - Act 1, Scene 5
Detailed scholarly annotations and glossary of Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5.
Lady Macbeth's Letter (1)
Lady Macbeth's Letter - Why it is written in prose.
Lady Macbeth's Letter - Why it is written in prose.
missives (7)
Macbeth Glossary - missives
Macbeth Glossary - missives
milk of human kindness (18)
Macbeth Glossary - milk of human kindness
Macbeth Glossary - milk of human kindness
catch (19)
Macbeth Glossary - catch
Macbeth Glossary - catch
illness (21)
Macbeth Glossary - illness
Macbeth Glossary - illness
highly (21)
Macbeth Glossary - highly
Macbeth Glossary - highly
holily (21)
Macbeth Glossary - holily
Macbeth Glossary - holily
Thou'dst have...be undone (24-6)
Macbeth Glossary - Thou'dst have...be undone.
Macbeth Glossary - Thou'dst have...be undone.
That I may pour my spirits in thine ear (27)
Macbeth Glossary - pour my spirits in thine ear
Macbeth Glossary - pour my spirits in thine ear
withal (31)
Macbeth Glossary - withal
Macbeth Glossary - withal
chastise with the valour of my tongue/All that impedes thee... (28-9)
Macbeth Glossary - chastise with the valour of my tongue
Macbeth Glossary - chastise with the valour of my tongue
golden round (29)
Macbeth Glossary - golden round
Macbeth Glossary - golden round
metaphysical (30)
Macbeth Glossary - metaphysical
Macbeth Glossary - metaphysical
tidings (33)
Macbeth Glossary - tidings
Macbeth Glossary - tidings
had the speed of him (38)
Macbeth Glossary - had the speed of him
Macbeth Glossary - had the speed of him
raven (43)
Macbeth Glossary - raven
Macbeth Glossary - raven
my battlements (45)
Macbeth Glossary - my battlements
Macbeth Glossary - my battlements
That tend on mortal thoughts (46)
Macbeth Glossary - That tend on mortal thoughts
Macbeth Glossary - That tend on mortal thoughts
unsex me here (46)
Macbeth Glossary - unsex me here
Macbeth Glossary - unsex me here
That no compunctious visitings...and it! (50-2)
Macbeth Glossary - That no compunctious visitings...and it!
Macbeth Glossary - That no compunctious visitings...and it!
Take my milk for gall (53)
Macbeth Glossary - Take my milk for gall
Macbeth Glossary - Take my milk for gall
sightless (54)
Macbeth Glossary - sightless
Macbeth Glossary - sightless
You wait on nature's mischief (55)
Macbeth Glossary - You wait on nature's mischief.
Macbeth Glossary - You wait on nature's mischief.
pall (56)
Macbeth Glossary - pall
Macbeth Glossary - pall
dunnest (56)
Macbeth Glossary - dunnest
Macbeth Glossary - dunnest
keen (57)
Macbeth Glossary - keen
Macbeth Glossary - keen
purposes (68)
Macbeth Glossary - purposes
Macbeth Glossary - purposes
beguile the time/Look like the time (72)
Macbeth Glossary - beguile the time
Macbeth Glossary - beguile the time
Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't (74)
Macbeth Glossary - look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under't.
Macbeth Glossary - look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under't.
you shall put this night's great business into my dispatch (77)
Macbeth Glossary - you shall put this night's great business into my dispatch
Macbeth Glossary - you shall put this night's great business into my dispatch
solely (79)
Macbeth Glossary - solely
Macbeth Glossary - solely
Only look up clear/To alter favour ever is to fear (81)
Macbeth Glossary - Only look up clear/To alter favour ever is to fear.
Macbeth Glossary - Only look up clear/To alter favour ever is to fear.
clear
Macbeth Glossary - clear
Macbeth Glossary - clear