Macbeth Act II Scene i

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ravish
hold spellbound

With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design
Moves like a ghost.
Hecate
(Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches

Now o'er the one halfworld
Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse
The curtain'd sleep; witchcraft celebrates
Pale Hecate's offerings, and wither'd murder,
Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf,
Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace.
Tarquin
according to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)

With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design
Moves like a ghost.
dudgeon
a feeling of intense righteous anger

Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses,
Or else worth all the rest; I see thee still,
And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood,
Which was not so before.
prate
speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

Thou sure and firm-set earth,
Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear
Thy very stones prate of my whereabout,
And take the present horror from the time,
Which now suits with it.
ravishing
stunningly beautiful

With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design
Moves like a ghost.
oppress
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to sight? or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation,
Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
dagger
a short knife with a pointed blade

Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand?
stealthy
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

Now o'er the one halfworld
Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse
The curtain'd sleep; witchcraft celebrates
Pale Hecate's offerings, and wither'd murder,
Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf,
Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace.
gout
a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints

Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses,
Or else worth all the rest; I see thee still,
And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood,
Which was not so before.
palpable
capable of being perceived

I see thee yet, in form as palpable
As this which now I draw.
clutch
take hold of; grab

Come, let me clutch thee.
witchcraft
the art of sorcery

Now o'er the one halfworld
Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse
The curtain'd sleep; witchcraft celebrates
Pale Hecate's offerings, and wither'd murder,
Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf,
Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace.
sentinel
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

Now o'er the one halfworld
Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse
The curtain'd sleep; witchcraft celebrates
Pale Hecate's offerings, and wither'd murder,
Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf,
Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace.

Created on Wed Sep 19 11:50:01 EDT 2012 (updated Wed Sep 19 12:01:51 EDT 2012)

Macbeth Act II Scene i

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