| Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, as the weird women promised, and, I fear, thou play’dst most foully | BanquoThou hast it: he has the crownPlay’dst most foully: committed foul deeds |
| My duties are with a most indissoluble tie for ever knit | BanquoIndissoluble tie: unbreakable knot |
| To be thus is nothing; but to be safely thus | MacbethTo be thus….safely thus: to be king is nothing unless the crown is secure |
| We will keep ourself till supper- time alone | MacbethOurself: me |
| Our fear in Banquo stick deep, and in his royalty of nature reigns that which would be feared | MacbethRoyalty of nature: innate nobility |
| There is none but he whose being I do fear: and under him, my genius is rebuked | MacbethGenius: guardian spirit |
| Fruitless crown | MacbethFruitless: childless |
| Barren sceptre | Macbeth |
| For banquo’s issue have I filed my mind | MacbethIssue: childrenFiled: defiled/made dirty |
Macbeth: ACT 3, SCENE 1
November 21, 2019