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summit of sovereign power"; IV. i. 87.

dance in a circle; IV. i. 130. RUBS, hindrances, impediments; III. i. 134.

RUMP-FED, well-fed, pampered; I. iii. 6.

SAFE TOWARD, with a sure regard to; I. iv. 27.

SAG, droop, sink; V. iii. 10. SAINT COLME'S INCH, the island of Columba, now Inchcolm, in the Firth of Forth; I. ii. 61. SAUCY, insolent, importunate; (?) pungent, sharp, gnawing (Koppel); III. iv. 25.

SAY TO, tell; I. ii. 6. 'SCAPED, escaped; III. iv. 20. SCARF UP, blindfold; III. ii. 47. SCONE, the ancient coronation place of the kings of Scotland; II. iv. 31.

SCOTCH'D, "cut with shallow in

cisions" (Theobald's emenda-
tion of Ff., "scorch'd"); III.
ii. 13.

SEASON, Seasoning; III. iv. 141.
SEAT, Situation; I. vi. 1.

SEATED, fixed firmly; I. iii. 136.
SECURITY, Confidence, conscious-

ness of security, carelessness; III. v. 32.

SEELING, blinding (originally a

term of falconry); III. ii. 46. SEEMS; "that s. to speak things strange," i. e. "whose appearance corresponds with the strangeness of his message" (Clar. Pr.); (Johnson conj. "teems"; Collier MS., "comes," etc.); I. ii. 47.

SELF-ABUSE, self-delusion; III. iv. 142.

SELF-COMPARISONS,

measuring

himself with the other; I. ii. 55.

SELFSAME, very same; I. iii. 88. SENNET, a set of notes on trumpet or cornet; III. i. 10-11. SE'NNIGHTS, seven nights, weeks; I. iii. 22.

SENSIBLE, perceptible, tangible; II. i. 36.

SERGEANT (trisyllabic); I. ii. 3. SET FORTH, Showed; I. iv. 6. SETTLED, determined; I. vii. 79. SEWER, One who tasted each dish to prove there was no poison in it; I. vii. (direct.). SHAG-EAR'D, having hairy ears; (Steevens conj., adopted by Singer (ed. 2) and Hudson, "shag-hair'd"); IV. ii. 83. SHALL, will; II. i. 29.

I shall; IV. ii. 23. SHAME, am ashamed; II. ii. 64. SHARD-BORNE, borne by scaly wingcases; (Davenant, "sharpbrow'd"; Daniel conj. "sharnbode"; Upton conj. “sharnborn"); III. ii. 42.

SHIFT, steal, quietly get; II. iii. · 156.

SHIPMAN'S CARD, the card of the

compass; I. iii. 17.

Capell,

SHOUGH, a kind of shaggy dog; (Ff., "Showghes"; "shocks"); III. i. 94. SHOULD BE, appear to be; I. iii. 45.

SHOW, dumb-show; IV. i. 111112.

-, appear; I. iii. 54. SHUT UP, enclosed, enveloped; II. i. 16.

SICKEN, be surfeited; IV. i. 60. SIGHTLESS, invisible; I. vii. 23. SIGHTS; Collier MS. and Singer MS. "flights"; Grant White "sprites"; IV. i. 155.

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SKIRR, SCOur; V. iii. 35.

SLAB, thick, glutinous; IV. i. 32.
SLEAVE, sleave-silk, floss silk; II.
ii. 37.

SLEEK O'ER, smooth; III. ii. 27.
SLEIGHTS, feats of dexterity; III.
v. 26.

SLIPP'D, let slip; II. iii. 57.
SLIVER'D, slipped off; IV. i. 28.
SMACK, have the taste, savor; I.
ii. 44.

So, like grace, gracious; IV. iii.
24.

So WELL, as well; I. ii. 43.
SOLE, alone, mere; IV. iii. 12.
SOLEMN, ceremonious, formal;
III. i. 14.

SOLICITING, inciting; I. iii. 130.
SOLICITS, entreats, moves by
prayer; IV. iii. 149.

SOMETHING, some distance; III.
i. 132.

SOMETIME, Sometimes; I. vi. 11.
SORELY, heavily; V. i. 59.
SORRIEST, Saddest; III. ii. 9.
SORRY, sad; II. ii. 20.

SPEAK, bespeak, proclaim; IV.
iii. 159.

SPECULATION, intelligence; III. iv.
95.

SPEED; "had the s. of him," has

outstripped him; I. v. 37.
SPONGY, imbibing like a sponge;
I. vii. 71.

SPRING, Source; I. ii. 27.
SPRITES, spirits; IV. i. 127.
SPY, v. Note; III. i. 130.

STABLENESS, constancy; IV. iii.

92.

STAFF, lance; V. iii. 48.

STAMP, stamped coin; IV. iii.
153.

STANCHLESS, insatiable; IV. iii.

78.

STAND, remain; III. i. 4.
STAND NOT UPON, do not be par-
ticular about; III. iv. 119.
STATE, chair of State; III. iv. 5.
STATE OF HONOR, noble rank,
condition; IV. ii. 66.

STAY, wait for; IV. iii. 142.
STAYS, Waits; III. v. 35.
STICKING-PLACE, i. e. "the place
in which the peg of a stringed
instrument remains fast; the
proper degree of tension"; I.

vii. 60.

STIR, stirring, moving; I. iii. 144.
STOREHOUSE, place of burial; II.
iv. 34.

STRANGE, new; I. iii. 145.

; "s. and self-abuse," i. e.
(?) "my abuse of others and
myself"; III. iv. 142.
STRANGELY-VISITED, afflicted with
strange diseases; IV. iii. 150.
STUFF'D, crammed, full to burst-
ing; V. iii. 44.

SUBSTANCES, forms; I. v. 51.
SUDDEN, violent; IV. iii. 59.
SUFFER, perish; III. ii. 16.
SUFFERING; "our s. country," i. e.
our country suffering; III. vi.
48.

SUGGESTION, temptation, incite-
ment; I. iii. 134.
SUMMER-SEEMING, “appearing like
summer; seeming to be the
effect of a transitory and
short-lived heat of the blood"
(Schmidt); (Warburton,
"summer-teeming";

Johnson,

"fume, or seething," &c.); IV.
iii. 86.

SUNDRY, various; IV. iii. 48.

SURCEASE, cessation; I. vii. 4.
SURVEYING, noticing, perceiving;
I. ii. 31.

SWAY BY, am directed by; V. iii.

9.

SWEARS, Swears allegiance; IV. ii.
47.

TAINT, be infected; V. iii. 3.
TAKING-OFF, murder, death; I.
vii. 20.

TEEMS, teems with; IV. iii. 176.
TEMPERANCE, moderation, self-re-
straint; IV. iii. 92.
TENDING, tendance, attendance;
I. v. 39.

TEND ON, wait on; I. v. 43.
THAT, SO that; I. ii. 58.

; "to th.", to that end, for
that purpose; I. ii. 10.
THEREWITHAL, therewith; III. i.
34.

THIRST, desire to drink; III. iv.
91.

THOUGHT; "upon a th.", in as
small an interval as one can
think a thought; III. iv. 55.
being borne in mind; III.
i. 132.
THRALLS, slaves, bondmen; III.
vi. 13.

THREAT, threaten; II. i. 60.
TILL THAT, till; I. ii. 54.
TIMELY, betimes, early; II. iii.

56.

"to gain the t. inn," oppor-
tune; III. iii. 7.

TITLES, possessions; IV. ii. 7.
To, in addition to; I. vi. 19.

according to; III. iii. 4.
compared to; III. iv. 64.
-, for, as; IV. iii. 10.

linked with, "prisoner to";
III. iv. 25.

Tor, overtop, surpass; IV. iii. 57.

TOP-FULL, full to the top, brim-
ful; I. v. 44.

TOUCH, affection, feeling; IV. ii.

9.

TOUCH'D, injured, hurt; IV. iii.

14.

TOWERING, turning about, soar-
ing, flying high (a term of fal-
conry); II. iv. 12.

TRACE, follow; IV. i. 153.

TRAINS, artifices, devices; IV. iii.
118.

TRAMMEL UP, entangle as in a
net; I. vii. 3.

TRANSPORT, Convey; IV. iii. 181.
TRANSPOSE, change; IV. iii. 21.
TREBLE SCEPTERS, Symbolical of
the three kingdoms-England,
Scotland, and Ireland; IV. i.
121.

TRIFLED, made trifling, made to
sink into insignificance; II. iv.

4.

TUGG'D; "t. with fortune," pulled
about in wrestling with for-
tune; III. i. 112.
TWO-FOLD BALLS, probably refer-
ring to the double coronation
of James, at Scone and West-
minster (Clar. Pr.); according
to others the reference is to
the union of the two islands;
IV. i. 121.

TYRANNY, Usurpation; IV. iii. 67.
TYRANT, usurper; III. vi. 22.

UNFIX, make to stand on end;
I. iii. 135.

UNROUGH, beardless; V. ii. 10.
UNSPEAK, recall, withdraw; IV.
iii. 123.

UNTITLED, having no title or
claim; IV. iii. 104.
UNTO, to; I. iii. 121.
UPON, to; III. vi. 30.

UPROAR, "stir up to tumult”

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STUDY QUESTIONS

By ANNE THROOP CRAIG

GENERAL

1. What is the historic basis of the action of this drama? 2. What is the dramatic divergence from the Chronicles in the portrayal of Macbeth?

3. What social condition characterized the times in which the scene is laid?

4. Trace the development of Macbeth's course of crimes, from step to step. Analyze the impelling causes.

5. Upon what state of mind in Macbeth do the Weird Sisters react? Of what are they the abiding symbol?

6. Had Macbeth legally, according to record, an equal claim to the throne with Duncan? How would such a preliminary situation for him make the Sisters' prophecy naturally take swift hold upon his fancy?

7. What impression is given of Lady Macbeth's nature? Describe her intellectual processes with regard to the crimes to which she is accessory;-the development of her emotional experiences as they are made to appear, because of them.

8. Describe the influence of these two persons, Macbeth and his wife, upon each other, in instigation and reaction.

9. What are the qualities of the drama, and its marked features in respect of movement, color, and the casting of its plan?

10. What is historically said of the government of Duncan? What is the main feature of it brought forward in the drama? Is there a dramatic purpose in this, and, if so, what, especially by contrast with the dramatic portrayal of his cousin, Macbeth?

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