Macbbeth's "Is this a dagger..." soliloquy

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  1. 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.
  2. 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?
  3. palpable
    capable of being perceived
    I see thee yet, in form as palpable
    As this which now I draw.
  4. clutch
    take hold of; grab
    Come, let me clutch thee.
  5. 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.
  6. celebrate
    have a festivity
    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.
  7. creation
    the act of starting something for the first time
    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?
  8. proceeding
    a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
    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?
  9. threat
    declaration of an intention to inflict harm on another
    Whiles I threat, he lives:
    Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives.
  10. deed
    a legal document to effect a transfer of property
    Whiles I threat, he lives:
    Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives.
  11. handle
    touch, lift, or hold
    Is this a dagger which I see before me,
    The handle toward my hand?
  12. instrument
    the means whereby some act is accomplished
    Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going;
    And such an instrument I was to use.
  13. fatal
    bringing death
    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?
  14. proceed
    move ahead; travel onward in time or space
    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?
  15. vision
    the ability to see
    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?
  16. design
    the act of working out the form of something
    With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design
    Moves like a ghost.
  17. brain
    the organ that is the center of the nervous system
    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?
  18. earth
    the third planet from the sun
    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.
  19. sight
    the ability to see; the visual faculty
    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?
  20. present
    happening or existing now
    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.
Created on 三月 21, 2012

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