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3,499 | 2252_act_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Justice Shallow, with Falstaff and Bardolph in tow, tries to run the affairs of his household. Throughout, he insists that Falstaff stay as his guest. When the others exit, Falstaff speaks of how amusing Shallow and his servants are. He shall collect material for amusing stories that he will tell Prince Hal. Scene Two:... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Leonato and his brother.",
"Brother. If you goe on thus, you will kill your selfe,\nAnd 'tis not wisedome thus to second griefe,\nAgainst your selfe",
"Leon. I pray thee cease thy counsaile,\nWhich falls into mine eares as profitlesse,\nAs water in a siue: giue not me counsai... |
3,500 | 2252_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lord Bardolph arrives at Warkworth castle and demands to see Northumberland. Just as the Porter tells him to look in the orchard, Northumberland hobbles in the room. Northumberland wants news ASAP and he says as much. But first, he takes the time to dazzle us with a fancy simile : Civil warfare, he insists, is like a w... | [
"Actus primus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Leonato Gouernour of Messina, Innogen his wife, Hero his\ndaughter,\nand Beatrice his Neece, with a messenger.",
"Leonato. I learne in this Letter, that Don Peter of Arragon,\ncomes this night to Messina",
"Mess. He is very neere by this: he was not\nthree Leagues off when I l... |
3,501 | 2252_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, on the streets of London, Falstaff turns to his Page and asks what the doctor had to say about his recent urine sample. The Page says the urine was fine but the doctor thinks Falstaff, the owner of the urine, probably has more diseases than he can diagnose. Falstaff's not amused by the saucy little Page. Fal... | [
"Scene 2.",
"Enter Leonato and an old man, brother to Leonato.",
"Leo. How now brother, where is my cosen your son:\nhath he prouided this musicke?\n Old. He is very busie about it, but brother, I can tell\nyou newes that you yet dreamt not of",
"Lo. Are they good?\n Old. As the euents stamps them, but they... |
3,502 | 2252_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the Archbishop's palace in York, the rebel leaders hold a strategy meeting. Mowbray says he's down with the rebel's cause but he'd feel a whole lot better if they had a decent plan because the king's got an awfully powerful army. Hastings chimes in that the rebels have got 25,000 good soldiers now but they need Nort... | [
"Scene 3.",
"Con. What the good yeere my Lord, why are you\nthus out of measure sad?\n Ioh. There is no measure in the occasion that breeds,\ntherefore the sadnesse is without limit",
"Con. You should heare reason",
"Iohn. And when I haue heard it, what blessing bringeth\nit?\n Con. If not a present remedy,... |
3,503 | 2252_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | W are now in Eastcheap, a lively market street in London. Mistress Quickly, a tavern hostess who has been recently widowed, discuss the details of a lawsuit she has recently brought against Falstaff. Fang, an officer, assures Quickly that he's entered the suit. Then officer Snare shows up to help Fang arrest Falstaff. ... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Leonato, his brother, his wife, Hero his daughter, and\nBeatrice his\nneece, and a kinsman.",
"Leonato. Was not Count Iohn here at supper?\n Brother. I saw him not",
"Beatrice. How tartly that Gentleman lookes, I neuer\ncan see him, but I am heart-burn'd an howre after",
... |
3,504 | 2252_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the prince's bachelor pad in London, Hal and his buddy, Ned Poins, chill out and shoot the breeze. Prince Hal complains that he's exhausted and Poins teases that he thought guys with royal blood didn't get tired. Hal says that, embarrassingly, he gets tired a lot. Then he asks Poins if he thinks he, Hal, is a chump ... | [
"Scene 2.",
"Enter Iohn and Borachio.",
"Ioh. It is so, the Count Claudio shal marry the daughter\nof Leonato",
"Bora. Yea my Lord, but I can crosse it",
"Iohn. Any barre, any crosse, any impediment, will be\nmedicinable to me, I am sicke in displeasure to him, and\nwhatsoeuer comes athwart his affection, r... |
3,505 | 2252_act_2,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, up at Warkworth castle in Northumberland, the Earl is in the middle of an intense conversation with his wife, Lady Northumberland, and his daughter-in-law, Lady Percy. Northumberland gently asks his wife and daughter-in-law to stop pestering him about his affairs. He's got enough things to worry about as it ... | [
"Scene 3.",
"Enter Benedicke alone.",
"Bene. Boy",
"Boy. Signior",
"Bene. In my chamber window lies a booke, bring it\nhither to me in the orchard",
"Boy. I am heere already sir.\nEnter.",
"Bene. I know that, but I would haue thee hence, and\nheere againe. I doe much wonder, that one man seeing\nhow muc... |
3,506 | 2252_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the palace at Westminster, King Henry IV gives a page some letters to deliver to the Earl of Warwick and the Earl of Surrey. Then the king delivers a soliloquy . The entire kingdom is snoozing away peacefully but, alas, Henry cannot seem to fall asleep. It's not fair that the god of sleep should reward the commoners... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scene 1.",
"Enter Hero and two Gentlemen, Margaret, and Vrsula.",
"Hero. Good Margaret runne thee to the parlour,\nThere shalt thou finde my Cosin Beatrice,\nProposing with the Prince and Claudio,\nWhisper her eare, and tell her I and Vrsula,\nWalke in the Orchard, and our whole discourse\nIs al... |
3,507 | 2252_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Outside his country house in Gloucestershire, Justice Shallow greets his longtime friend, Justice Silence. The two men engage in the easy banter of the middle class - they exchange pleasantries, ask after each other's families, talk about young relatives who are attending law school, the current price of livestock, and... | [
"Scene 2.",
"Enter Prince, Claudio, Benedicke, and Leonato.",
"Prince. I doe but stay till your marriage be consummate,\nand then go I toward Arragon",
"Clau. Ile bring you thither my Lord, if you'l vouchsafe\nme",
"Prin. Nay, that would be as great a soyle in the new\nglosse of your marriage, as to shew a ... |
3,508 | 2252_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Gaultree Forest in Yorkshire, the rebels have gathered in anticipation of a showdown with the king's forces. The Archbishop of York gives orders for the other rebel leaders to send out some scouts to find out how many troops the king's army has amassed. Hastings says they've already done so. York tells the other lea... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Prince, Bastard, Leonato, Frier, Claudio, Benedicke, Hero,\nand\nBeatrice.",
"Leonato. Come Frier Francis, be briefe, onely to the\nplaine forme of marriage, and you shal recount their particular\nduties afterwards",
"Fran. You come hither, my Lord, to marry this Lady",
"Cl... |
3,509 | 2252_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene continues. The rebel leaders meet up with Prince John, who lectures the Archbishop about taking up arms against the king when he should be back at home with his bible, preaching about peace and obedience. Prince John says that the Archbishop is seriously abusing his religious authority by using his power to g... | [
"Scene 2.",
"Enter the Constables, Borachio, and the Towne Clerke in gownes.",
"Keeper. Is our whole dissembly appeard?\n Cowley. O a stoole and a cushion for the Sexton",
"Sexton. Which be the malefactors?\n Andrew. Marry that am I, and my partner",
"Cowley. Nay that's certaine, wee haue the exhibition\n... |
3,510 | 2252_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Justice Shallow's country estate in Gloucestershire, Bardolph and Falstaff have dropped by to make a house call to Falstaff's old law school chum. When the scene opens, Justice Shallow is being a good host and insists that Falstaff spend the night instead of travelling on to London. Falstaff does the "aw shucks" rou... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Leonato and his brother.",
"Brother. If you goe on thus, you will kill your selfe,\nAnd 'tis not wisedome thus to second griefe,\nAgainst your selfe",
"Leon. I pray thee cease thy counsaile,\nWhich falls into mine eares as profitlesse,\nAs water in a siue: giue not me counsai... |
3,511 | 2252_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the palace in London, Warwick delivers news to the Lord Chief Justice that King Henry IV has died. The LCJ says he wishes that he would have died right along with the king. He's been so loyal to Henry IV that he's worried about what will happen to him now that the king's gone and Hal's in charge. Warwick chimes in t... | [
"Scene 2.",
"Enter Benedicke and Margaret.",
"Ben. Praie thee sweete Mistris Margaret, deserue\nwell at my hands, by helping mee to the speech of Beatrice",
"Mar. Will you then write me a Sonnet in praise of\nmy beautie?\n Bene. In so high a stile Margaret, that no man liuing\nshall come ouer it, for in most... |
3,512 | 2252_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, back at Justice Shallow's country estate in Gloucestershire, Falstaff and his men enjoy a delicious meal . The motto for the evening is "eat, drink, and be merry." Falstaff admires the delectable spread and Shallow makes small talk about his apple orchard and the home grown food on the table. Justice Silence... | [
"Scene 3.",
"Enter Claudio, Prince, and three or foure with Tapers.",
"Clau. Is this the monument of Leonato?\n Lord. It is my Lord.",
"Epitaph.",
"Done to death by slanderous tongues,\nWas the Hero that here lies:\nDeath in guerdon of her wrongs,\nGiues her fame which neuer dies:\nSo the life that dyed wi... |
3,513 | 2252_act_5,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On a street in London, two Beadles tussle with Mistress Quickly and Doll Tearsheet, who are being arrested for their involvement in murder. Quickly struggles with one of the officers and Tearsheet announces that she's pregnant. If she has a miscarriage, she says, it'll be the officers' fault. The first officer accuses ... | [
"Scene 4.",
"Enter Leonato, Bene. Marg. Vrsula, old man, Frier, Hero.",
"Frier. Did I not tell you she was innocent?\n Leo. So are the Prince and Claudio who accus'd her,\nVpon the errour that you heard debated:\nBut Margaret was in some fault for this,\nAlthough against her will as it appeares,\nIn the true c... |
3,500 | 2252_prologue;_act_i,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Rumor introduces itself and tells us what its job is: from East to West, all across the world, it carries messages as fast as the wind. However, its messages are usually false and they often trick people into making bad mistakes. Rumor causes nations to get ready for war when no war is coming, and it makes people think... | [
"Actus primus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Leonato Gouernour of Messina, Innogen his wife, Hero his\ndaughter,\nand Beatrice his Neece, with a messenger.",
"Leonato. I learne in this Letter, that Don Peter of Arragon,\ncomes this night to Messina",
"Mess. He is very neere by this: he was not\nthree Leagues off when I l... |
3,514 | 2252_act_1,_scenes_2-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On a London street, we find Sir John Falstaff and his page. Falstaff is a friend of Prince Hal, the heir to the throne; an old, fat, rowdy and witty scoundrel, he taught Hal the ways of the world during Hal's wild teenage years. Falstaff used to spend all his time rollicking in taverns and committing highway robberies,... | [
"Scene 2.",
"Enter Leonato and an old man, brother to Leonato.",
"Leo. How now brother, where is my cosen your son:\nhath he prouided this musicke?\n Old. He is very busie about it, but brother, I can tell\nyou newes that you yet dreamt not of",
"Lo. Are they good?\n Old. As the euents stamps them, but they... |
3,515 | 2252_act_2,_scenes_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Near the Boar's Head Tavern in Eastcheap, London--Falstaff's favorite dive, in a seedy part of town--Mistress Quickly, the dim-witted but good-hearted Hostess of the tavern, is talking to two officers of the law whom she has called to arrest Falstaff for the large unpaid bar debt he owes her. The officers, Fang and Sna... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Leonato, his brother, his wife, Hero his daughter, and\nBeatrice his\nneece, and a kinsman.",
"Leonato. Was not Count Iohn here at supper?\n Brother. I saw him not",
"Beatrice. How tartly that Gentleman lookes, I neuer\ncan see him, but I am heart-burn'd an howre after",
... |
3,505 | 2252_act_2,_scenes_3-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the Earl of Northumberland's castle in northern England, Northumberland is talking with his wife, Lady Northumberland, and his daughter-in-law, Lady Percy--the widow of his son Hotspur, who has recently been killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury. Northumberland has been talking to his wife and Lady Percy about his plan... | [
"Scene 3.",
"Enter Benedicke alone.",
"Bene. Boy",
"Boy. Signior",
"Bene. In my chamber window lies a booke, bring it\nhither to me in the orchard",
"Boy. I am heere already sir.\nEnter.",
"Bene. I know that, but I would haue thee hence, and\nheere againe. I doe much wonder, that one man seeing\nhow muc... |
3,506 | 2252_act_iii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In this scene, King Henry IV is in his palace at Westminster. It is the middle of the night and he is in his nightgown, but he is still awake and working on the paperwork of the war. When he is left alone, King Henry begins to talk to himself and the audience. He says that he has extremely bad insomnia and that these d... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scene 1.",
"Enter Hero and two Gentlemen, Margaret, and Vrsula.",
"Hero. Good Margaret runne thee to the parlour,\nThere shalt thou finde my Cosin Beatrice,\nProposing with the Prince and Claudio,\nWhisper her eare, and tell her I and Vrsula,\nWalke in the Orchard, and our whole discourse\nIs al... |
3,507 | 2252_act_iii,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In rural Gloucestershire in central England, we meet two prosperous rustic men: Justice Shallow and Justice Silence. They are justices of the peace, or minor law officials, who also own farms; they are typical of the rural upper-middle class of Elizabethan England. They are also cousins, and Justice Shallow is an old s... | [
"Scene 2.",
"Enter Prince, Claudio, Benedicke, and Leonato.",
"Prince. I doe but stay till your marriage be consummate,\nand then go I toward Arragon",
"Clau. Ile bring you thither my Lord, if you'l vouchsafe\nme",
"Prin. Nay, that would be as great a soyle in the new\nglosse of your marriage, as to shew a ... |
3,498 | 2252_act_4,_scenes_1-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Gaultree Forest in Yorkshire, the leaders of the rebel army--the Archbishop of York, Mowbray, and Hastings--have arrived with their army. The Archbishop tells his allies he has received a letter from Northumberland in which he says he will not be coming to their aid. A soldier, returning to the camp from a scouting ... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Prince, Bastard, Leonato, Frier, Claudio, Benedicke, Hero,\nand\nBeatrice.",
"Leonato. Come Frier Francis, be briefe, onely to the\nplaine forme of marriage, and you shal recount their particular\nduties afterwards",
"Fran. You come hither, my Lord, to marry this Lady",
"Cl... |
3,516 | 2252_act_5,_scenes_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Falstaff and Bardolph have returned to Gloucestershire, where they are warmly welcomed by Justice Shallow. Shallow gives orders to his servant, Davy, to prepare a fine dinner for the guests; Davy continually interrupts him by asking questions about the household management and asking favors for servants and local peasa... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Leonato and his brother.",
"Brother. If you goe on thus, you will kill your selfe,\nAnd 'tis not wisedome thus to second griefe,\nAgainst your selfe",
"Leon. I pray thee cease thy counsaile,\nWhich falls into mine eares as profitlesse,\nAs water in a siue: giue not me counsai... |
3,517 | 2252_act_5,_scenes_3-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Still in Gloucestershire, Falstaff eats a merry dinner with Justice Shallow and Justice Silence, as well as Bardolph, Davy, and Falstaff's page. The group enjoys itself enormously, devouring good country fruit and meat, drinking wine, and laughing. Justice Silence surprises Falstaff by becoming very noisy: he is tipsy,... | [
"Scene 3.",
"Enter Claudio, Prince, and three or foure with Tapers.",
"Clau. Is this the monument of Leonato?\n Lord. It is my Lord.",
"Epitaph.",
"Done to death by slanderous tongues,\nWas the Hero that here lies:\nDeath in guerdon of her wrongs,\nGiues her fame which neuer dies:\nSo the life that dyed wi... |
3,500 | 2252_act_1_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Induction - . Act I Scene 1 . Henry IV part 2 begins where Henry IV, part 1 left off. The battle of Shrewsbury has just been fought between the forces of the King and those of the rebels, led by Hotspur, the son of the Earl of Northumberland. The King's army triumphed. . The personified figure of Rumour enters. Rumour ... | [
"Actus primus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Leonato Gouernour of Messina, Innogen his wife, Hero his\ndaughter,\nand Beatrice his Neece, with a messenger.",
"Leonato. I learne in this Letter, that Don Peter of Arragon,\ncomes this night to Messina",
"Mess. He is very neere by this: he was not\nthree Leagues off when I l... |
3,501 | 2252_act_1_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Sir John Falstaff enters with his boy page, joking about how small the boy is in comparison to himself, and commenting wittily on the doctor's verdict on his state of health. He then jokes about how young Prince Henry, his companion, is, and inquires about the new clothes he ordered. The page tells him that the clothie... | [
"Scene 2.",
"Enter Leonato and an old man, brother to Leonato.",
"Leo. How now brother, where is my cosen your son:\nhath he prouided this musicke?\n Old. He is very busie about it, but brother, I can tell\nyou newes that you yet dreamt not of",
"Lo. Are they good?\n Old. As the euents stamps them, but they... |
3,502 | 2252_act_1_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the Archbishop of York's palace, the rebels discuss their hopes and plans. They have an army of 25,000 men, and are waiting to be strengthened by the addition of Northumberland's forces. Bardolph advises them to wait until those forces arrive before venturing into a battle. Not waiting for reinforcements was the mis... | [
"Scene 3.",
"Con. What the good yeere my Lord, why are you\nthus out of measure sad?\n Ioh. There is no measure in the occasion that breeds,\ntherefore the sadnesse is without limit",
"Con. You should heare reason",
"Iohn. And when I haue heard it, what blessing bringeth\nit?\n Con. If not a present remedy,... |
3,503 | 2252_act_2_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Eastcheap, London, near the Boar's Head tavern, Hostess Quickly has persuaded two sergeants, Fang and Snare, to arrest Falstaff for his failure to pay her what he owes her. Falstaff enters with Bardolph and his page, and the men try to arrest him. Falstaff and Bardolph try to fight them off, and the Chief Justice en... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Leonato, his brother, his wife, Hero his daughter, and\nBeatrice his\nneece, and a kinsman.",
"Leonato. Was not Count Iohn here at supper?\n Brother. I saw him not",
"Beatrice. How tartly that Gentleman lookes, I neuer\ncan see him, but I am heart-burn'd an howre after",
... |
3,504 | 2252_act_2_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Prince Henry's house in London, the prince talks with his friend Poins, saying that he is tired of the superficial life he leads. Poins rebukes him for not showing any concern about his father's sickness. The Prince replies that he does feel sadness, but he doesn't show it. He thinks that if he did, people would thi... | [
"Scene 2.",
"Enter Iohn and Borachio.",
"Ioh. It is so, the Count Claudio shal marry the daughter\nof Leonato",
"Bora. Yea my Lord, but I can crosse it",
"Iohn. Any barre, any crosse, any impediment, will be\nmedicinable to me, I am sicke in displeasure to him, and\nwhatsoeuer comes athwart his affection, r... |
3,505 | 2252_act_2_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Northumberland's castle, Northumberland appeals to his wife to make his difficult position as easy as she can, and not appear troubled by it. His wife agrees to speak no more about it and let him do whatever he wishes. But Lady Percy begs him not to go to war. She reminds him that he did not take his forces to the ... | [
"Scene 3.",
"Enter Benedicke alone.",
"Bene. Boy",
"Boy. Signior",
"Bene. In my chamber window lies a booke, bring it\nhither to me in the orchard",
"Boy. I am heere already sir.\nEnter.",
"Bene. I know that, but I would haue thee hence, and\nheere againe. I doe much wonder, that one man seeing\nhow muc... |
3,506 | 2252_act_3_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The King enters in his nightgown, with a page. He gives the page letters to deliver to the Earls of Surrey and Warwick. . After the page exits, Henry gives expression to his troubled state of mind. Weighed down by the cares of state, he is unable to sleep. . Warwick and Surrey enter. Warwick is optimistic about the mil... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scene 1.",
"Enter Hero and two Gentlemen, Margaret, and Vrsula.",
"Hero. Good Margaret runne thee to the parlour,\nThere shalt thou finde my Cosin Beatrice,\nProposing with the Prince and Claudio,\nWhisper her eare, and tell her I and Vrsula,\nWalke in the Orchard, and our whole discourse\nIs al... |
3,507 | 2252_act_3_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Gloucestershire, Justice Shallow and his fellow justice, Silence, are discussing the lives of some relatives. Shallow, who is old, then sentimentally recalls the times he had as a young law student at the Inns of Court in London. He even knew Falstaff there, when he was a boy page to the Duke of Norfolk. Shallow had... | [
"Scene 2.",
"Enter Prince, Claudio, Benedicke, and Leonato.",
"Prince. I doe but stay till your marriage be consummate,\nand then go I toward Arragon",
"Clau. Ile bring you thither my Lord, if you'l vouchsafe\nme",
"Prin. Nay, that would be as great a soyle in the new\nglosse of your marriage, as to shew a ... |
3,508 | 2252_act_4_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Archbishop, Mowbray and Hastings meet at Gaultree Forest, in Yorkshire. The Archbishop reports that he has received a letter from Northumberland saying that he is retiring to Scotland until he can raise a larger army. . A messenger brings news that an army of thirty thousand men is assembled against them west of th... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Prince, Bastard, Leonato, Frier, Claudio, Benedicke, Hero,\nand\nBeatrice.",
"Leonato. Come Frier Francis, be briefe, onely to the\nplaine forme of marriage, and you shal recount their particular\nduties afterwards",
"Fran. You come hither, my Lord, to marry this Lady",
"Cl... |
3,509 | 2252_act_4_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Prince John greets the rebels. He has harsh words for the Archbishop, telling him he should be engaged in preaching sermons rather than political rebellion. The Prince accuses him of abusing his religious office. In reply, the Archbishop again emphasizes that the list of their grievances submitted to the Prince was ign... | [
"Scene 2.",
"Enter the Constables, Borachio, and the Towne Clerke in gownes.",
"Keeper. Is our whole dissembly appeard?\n Cowley. O a stoole and a cushion for the Sexton",
"Sexton. Which be the malefactors?\n Andrew. Marry that am I, and my partner",
"Cowley. Nay that's certaine, wee haue the exhibition\n... |
3,510 | 2252_act_5_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Shallow's house in Gloucestershire, Shallow tries to persuade Falstaff to stay the night, and he fusses around, giving orders to his servant Davy. After Shallow exits, Falstaff gives expression to his contempt for the foolish Justice, noting that his visit has put the entire house into a flap. He promises to have en... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Leonato and his brother.",
"Brother. If you goe on thus, you will kill your selfe,\nAnd 'tis not wisedome thus to second griefe,\nAgainst your selfe",
"Leon. I pray thee cease thy counsaile,\nWhich falls into mine eares as profitlesse,\nAs water in a siue: giue not me counsai... |
3,511 | 2252_act_5_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the Palace of Westminster in London, Warwick meets the Lord Chief Justice and informs him that the King has died. The Chief Justice fears what may happen in the reign of Henry V. He is also concerned about his own position, since he once imprisoned Prince Henry for striking him . . Prince John, Clarence, and Glouces... | [
"Scene 2.",
"Enter Benedicke and Margaret.",
"Ben. Praie thee sweete Mistris Margaret, deserue\nwell at my hands, by helping mee to the speech of Beatrice",
"Mar. Will you then write me a Sonnet in praise of\nmy beautie?\n Bene. In so high a stile Margaret, that no man liuing\nshall come ouer it, for in most... |
3,512 | 2252_act_5_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Shallow, Silence, Falstaff, Bardolph and the Page are sitting in Shallow's orchard after supper while Davy serves the food and wine. Silence, who is drunk, cannot stop singing. . Pistol arrives with the news that their old pal Prince Harry has been crowned king. Falstaff, delighted, readies himself to go to London imme... | [
"Scene 3.",
"Enter Claudio, Prince, and three or foure with Tapers.",
"Clau. Is this the monument of Leonato?\n Lord. It is my Lord.",
"Epitaph.",
"Done to death by slanderous tongues,\nWas the Hero that here lies:\nDeath in guerdon of her wrongs,\nGiues her fame which neuer dies:\nSo the life that dyed wi... |
3,513 | 2252_act_5_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Beadles enter dragging Hostess Quickly and Doll Tearsheet. Doll is to be whipped for prostitution. She is also being blamed because a man was killed in the Boar's Head tavern either in a fight over her, or while she was present. Doll protests loudly, pretending that she is pregnant, and she warns the beadles that they ... | [
"Scene 4.",
"Enter Leonato, Bene. Marg. Vrsula, old man, Frier, Hero.",
"Frier. Did I not tell you she was innocent?\n Leo. So are the Prince and Claudio who accus'd her,\nVpon the errour that you heard debated:\nBut Margaret was in some fault for this,\nAlthough against her will as it appeares,\nIn the true c... |
3,518 | 1533_act_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On a heath in Scotland, three witches, the Weird Sisters, wait to meet Macbeth amidst thunder and lightning. Their conversation is filled with paradox and equivocation: they say that they will meet Macbeth "when the battle's lost and won" and when "fair is foul and foul is fair" . Act 1, Scene 2 The Scottish army is at... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.",
"An open Place. Thunder and Lightning.",
"[Enter three Witches.]",
"FIRST WITCH.\nWhen shall we three meet again?\nIn thunder, lightning, or in rain?",
"SECOND WITCH.\nWhen the hurlyburly's done,\nWhen the battle's lost and won.",
"THIRD WITCH.\nThat will be ere the set of sun.",
"FIR... |
3,519 | 1533_act_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Banquo, who has come to Inverness with Duncan, wrestles with the witches' prophecy. He must restrain himself the "cursed thoughts" that tempt him in his dreams . When Banquo raises the topic of the prophecy as Macbeth enters the scene, Macbeth pretends that he has given little thought to the witches' prophesy. After Ba... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.",
"Inverness. Court within the Castle.",
"[Enter Banquo, preceeded by Fleance with a torch.]",
"BANQUO.\nHow goes the night, boy?",
"FLEANCE.\nThe moon is down; I have not heard the clock.",
"BANQUO.\nAnd she goes down at twelve.",
"FLEANCE.\nI take't, 'tis later, sir.",
"BANQUO.\nHo... |
3,520 | 1533_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Alone at Macbeth's court, Banquo voices his suspicions that Macbeth has killed Duncan in order to fulfill the witches' prophesies. He muses that perhaps the witches' vision for his own future will also be realized, but pushes the thought from his mind. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth enter to the fanfare of trumpets, along wi... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.",
"Forres. A Room in the Palace.",
"[Enter Banquo.]",
"BANQUO.\nThou hast it now,--king, Cawdor, Glamis, all,\nAs the weird women promis'd; and, I fear,\nThou play'dst most foully for't; yet it was said\nIt should not stand in thy posterity;\nBut that myself should be the root and father\nO... |
3,521 | 1533_act_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The witches circle a cauldron, mixing in a variety of grotesque ingredients while chanting "double, double toil and trouble; / Fire burn, and cauldron bubble" . Hecate appears, they sing all together, and Hecate leaves. Macbeth then enters, demanding answers to his pressing questions about the future. The witches compl... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.",
"A dark Cave. In the middle, a Caldron Boiling.",
"[Thunder. Enter the three Witches.]",
"FIRST WITCH.\nThrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.",
"SECOND WITCH.\nThrice; and once the hedge-pig whin'd.",
"THIRD WITCH.\nHarpier cries:--\"tis time, 'tis time.",
"FIRST WITCH.\nRound about the... |
3,522 | 1533_act_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the Scottish royal home of Dunsinane, a gentlewoman has summoned a doctor to observe Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking. The doctor reports that he has watched her for two nights now and has yet to see anything strange. The gentlewoman describes how she has seen Lady Macbeth rise, dress, leave her room, write something on ... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.",
"Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle.",
"[Enter a Doctor of Physic and a Waiting-Gentlewoman.]",
"DOCTOR.\nI have two nights watched with you, but can perceive no\ntruth in your report. When was it she last walked?",
"GENTLEWOMAN.\nSince his majesty went into the field, I have seen her\nrise ... |
3,523 | 1533_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Three witches meet on a foggy heath in Scotland, amidst thunder and lightening. It's all very dramatic and mysterious. They discuss when they'll meet again, and decide to hook up "When the hurly-burly's done, when the battle's lost and won." In other words, when the fighting that's going on has ended, which apparently ... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.",
"An open Place. Thunder and Lightning.",
"[Enter three Witches.]",
"FIRST WITCH.\nWhen shall we three meet again?\nIn thunder, lightning, or in rain?",
"SECOND WITCH.\nWhen the hurlyburly's done,\nWhen the battle's lost and won.",
"THIRD WITCH.\nThat will be ere the set of sun.",
"FIR... |
3,524 | 1533_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Duncan , his two sons , and Lennox hang out with their attendants at a military camp in Scotland. King Duncan's forces have been busy fighting against the King of Norway and the traitor, Macdonwald. A wounded Captain arrives, fresh from the field, where he fought to help Duncan's son, Malcolm, escape capture. What's th... | [
"SCENE II.",
"A Camp near Forres.",
"[Alarum within. Enter King Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox,\nwith Attendants, meeting a bleeding Soldier.]",
"DUNCAN.\nWhat bloody man is that? He can report,\nAs seemeth by his plight, of the revolt\nThe newest state.",
"MALCOLM.\nThis is the sergeant\nWho, like a go... |
3,525 | 1533_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The three witches meet again on the heath and check in about what everyone's been up to. Oh, the usual witchy stuff: one was killing swine; another has been making some poor sailor's life miserable. Her sisters are going to help her by depriving him of sleep and by "drain him dry as hay," which means the sailor's going... | [
"SCENE III.",
"A heath.",
"[Thunder. Enter the three Witches.]",
"FIRST WITCH.\nWhere hast thou been, sister?",
"SECOND WITCH.\nKilling swine.",
"THIRD WITCH.\nSister, where thou?",
"FIRST WITCH.\nA sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap,\nAnd mounch'd, and mounch'd, and mounch'd:--\"Give me,\" quoth I:... |
3,526 | 1533_act_1,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back to Duncan, who wants to know if the Thane of Cawdor is dead. He is, and he confessed to being a traitor right before he died. Whew. Glad that's settled. Macbeth, Banquo, Ross, and Angus then meet the King. The King is grateful; Macbeth and Banquo pledge their loyalty; group hugs all around. The King announces that... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"Forres. A Room in the Palace.",
"[Flourish. Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox, and\nAttendants.]",
"DUNCAN.\nIs execution done on Cawdor? Are not\nThose in commission yet return'd?",
"MALCOLM.\nMy liege,\nThey are not yet come back. But I have spoke\nWith one that saw him die: who did r... |
3,527 | 1533_act_1,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lady Macbeth receives a letter from Macbeth, calling her his "dearest partner of greatness," and telling her of the witches' prophecy. Lady Macbeth says she's worried her husband's not up for killing the current king in order to fulfill the witches' prophecy. Macbeth, she says, is "too full o'th' milk of human kindness... | [
"SCENE V.",
"Inverness. A Room in Macbeth's Castle.",
"[Enter Lady Macbeth, reading a letter.]",
"LADY MACBETH.\n\"They met me in the day of success; and I have\nlearned by the perfectest report they have more in them than\nmortal knowledge. When I burned in desire to question them\nfurther, they made themsel... |
3,528 | 1533_act_1,_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Duncan, his sons, Banquo, and a bevy of noblemen arrive at Glamis Castle , complimenting the Lady Macbeth, their "honoured hostess," for her seeming hospitality. Lady Macbeth is pretty charming here--she says that the Macbeths are grateful for the "honours" bestowed on Macbeth by the king and tells the men to make them... | [
"SCENE VI.",
"The same. Before the Castle.",
"[Hautboys. Servants of Macbeth attending.]",
"[Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Banquo, Lennox, Macduff, Ross,\nAngus, and Attendants.]",
"DUNCAN.\nThis castle hath a pleasant seat: the air\nNimbly and sweetly recommends itself\nUnto our gentle senses.",
"BAN... |
3,529 | 1533_act_1,_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Somewhere in the castle Macbeth sits alone, contemplating the murder of King Duncan. And it gets a little complicated. See, if it were simply a matter of killing the king and then moving on without consequences, it wouldn't be a big issue. The problem is what happens afterward --the whole, being damned to hell thing. I... | [
"SCENE VII.",
"The same. A Lobby in the Castle.",
"[Hautboys and torches. Enter, and pass over, a Sewer and divers\nServants with dishes and service. Then enter Macbeth.]",
"MACBETH. If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well\nIt were done quickly. If the assassination\nCould trammel up the consequence,... |
3,530 | 1533_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Banquo and his son, Fleance, are at Macbeth's inner court at Glamis. They're both feeling a little twitchy. Macbeth then enters with a servant, and Banquo notes that the new Thane of Cawdor should be resting peacefully considering the good news he got today. They reminisce about those wacky witches they met the other d... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.",
"Inverness. Court within the Castle.",
"[Enter Banquo, preceeded by Fleance with a torch.]",
"BANQUO.\nHow goes the night, boy?",
"FLEANCE.\nThe moon is down; I have not heard the clock.",
"BANQUO.\nAnd she goes down at twelve.",
"FLEANCE.\nI take't, 'tis later, sir.",
"BANQUO.\nHo... |
3,531 | 1533_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lady Macbeth is alone on stage. She tells us that she drugged the King's guards and would've even killed Duncan herself, if he hadn't looked so much like her father in his sleep. Apparently, she's all family values now. Macbeth enters with bloody hands and a weird story: two separate people staying in the castle woke u... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. Without the Castle.",
"[Enter Ross and an old Man.]",
"OLD MAN.\nThreescore and ten I can remember well:\nWithin the volume of which time I have seen\nHours dreadful and things strange; but this sore night\nHath trifled former knowings.",
"ROSS.\nAh, good father,\nThou seest, the hea... |
3,532 | 1533_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Macbeth's new palace in Forres, Banquo, alone on stage, delivers a soliloquy: he's totally suspicious of Macbeth. But he does take the time to note that his part of the prophecy, regarding his royal seed, will also probably come true. Banquo pipes down when the newly crowned Macbeth, his lovely Queen, and a posse of... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.",
"Forres. A Room in the Palace.",
"[Enter Banquo.]",
"BANQUO.\nThou hast it now,--king, Cawdor, Glamis, all,\nAs the weird women promis'd; and, I fear,\nThou play'dst most foully for't; yet it was said\nIt should not stand in thy posterity;\nBut that myself should be the root and father\nO... |
3,533 | 1533_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lady Macbeth asks a servant if Banquo is already gone. When she realizes he has, she asks the servant to get Macbeth for a little chat. Macbeth comes along, and Lady Macbeth tells him to look more chipper and not dwell on dark thoughts, as "what's done is done." Macbeth points out they've merely scorched the snake, not... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. Another Room in the Palace.",
"[Enter Lady Macbeth and a Servant.]",
"LADY MACBETH.\nIs Banquo gone from court?",
"SERVANT.\nAy, madam, but returns again to-night.",
"LADY MACBETH.\nSay to the king, I would attend his leisure\nFor a few words.",
"SERVANT.\nMadam, I will.",
"[Ex... |
3,534 | 1533_act_3,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Banquo and Fleance approach on horseback and dismount to walk the mile to the palace, as usual. Conveniently, they have a torch--good for seeing by. Banquo starts up with a friendly "it looks like rain" conversation and is promptly stabbed. While being stabbed, he denounces the treachery and encourages Fleance to run a... | [
"SCENE III.",
"The same. A Park or Lawn, with a gate leading to the Palace.",
"[Enter three Murderers.]",
"FIRST MURDERER.\nBut who did bid thee join with us?",
"THIRD MURDERER.\nMacbeth.",
"SECOND MURDERER.\nHe needs not our mistrust; since he delivers\nOur offices and what we have to do\nTo the directio... |
3,535 | 1533_act_3,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, back at the dinner party, the Macbeths make a big show of welcoming their guests. The first murderer enters as everyone is being seated. Macbeth darts off to see the first murderer, who informs him that they've slit Banquo's throat, but that Fleance has escaped. Ooh. Not good. Macbeth is pretty sure that thi... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"The same. A Room of state in the Palace. A banquet prepared.",
"[Enter Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Ross, Lennox, Lords, and\nAttendants.]",
"MACBETH.\nYou know your own degrees: sit down. At first\nAnd last the hearty welcome.",
"LORDS.\nThanks to your majesty.",
"MACBETH.\nOurself will mingle wi... |
3,536 | 1533_act_3,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The witches again meet at an open place, this time with Hecate, the goddess of witches, who looks pretty angry. Hecate lays into the weird sisters in a lengthy, rhyming speech that sounds a bit like a nursery rhyme. She's super irritated that they were meddling in the affairs of Macbeth without consulting her first, as... | [
"SCENE V.",
"The heath.",
"[Thunder. Enter the three Witches, meeting Hecate.]",
"FIRST WITCH.\nWhy, how now, Hecate? you look angerly.",
"HECATE. Have I not reason, beldams as you are,\nSaucy and overbold? How did you dare\nTo trade and traffic with Macbeth\nIn riddles and affairs of death;\nAnd I, the mis... |
3,537 | 1533_act_3,_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, elsewhere in Scotland: The nobleman Lennox discusses Scotland's plight with another lord. Isn't it weird that Duncan was murdered, that his run-away sons were blamed, that Banquo has now been murdered, that his run-away son is being blamed, and that everyone has a major case of deja vu? Plus, the murders of ... | [
"SCENE VI.",
"Forres. A Room in the Palace.",
"[Enter Lennox and another Lord.]",
"LENNOX. My former speeches have but hit your thoughts,\nWhich can interpret further: only, I say,\nThing's have been strangely borne. The gracious Duncan\nWas pitied of Macbeth:--marry, he was dead:--\nAnd the right valiant Ban... |
3,538 | 1533_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On a dark and stormy night, the three witches are hanging out in a cave roasting marshmallows and chanting spells around a boiling cauldron, into which they cast all sorts of nasty bits, from lizard's leg to the finger of stillborn baby. Hecate enters, pleased with the witches' more serious approach this time around. A... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.",
"A dark Cave. In the middle, a Caldron Boiling.",
"[Thunder. Enter the three Witches.]",
"FIRST WITCH.\nThrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.",
"SECOND WITCH.\nThrice; and once the hedge-pig whin'd.",
"THIRD WITCH.\nHarpier cries:--\"tis time, 'tis time.",
"FIRST WITCH.\nRound about the... |
3,539 | 1533_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Fife, in Macduff's castle, Lady Macduff is lamenting to Ross that her husband has run away, which, sure makes him look suspicious. Also, abandoning your family with no defense is seriously uncool. It's cool, Ross says. Macduff had his reasons. Lady Macduff then has a funny bit of banter with her young son about how ... | [
"SCENE II.",
"Fife. A Room in Macduff's Castle.",
"[Enter Lady Macduff, her Son, and Ross.]",
"LADY MACDUFF.\nWhat had he done, to make him fly the land?",
"ROSS.\nYou must have patience, madam.",
"LADY MACDUFF.\nHe had none:\nHis flight was madness: when our actions do not,\nOur fears do make us traitors... |
3,540 | 1533_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Near King Edward's palace in England, Malcolm and Macduff brainstorm about Scotland's plight under the tyrannous Macbeth. Malcolm suggests finding a nice shady spot where they can cry their eyes out. Macduff's got a better idea: maybe they should whip out their swords and fight like "men" against the good-for-nothing M... | [
"SCENE III.",
"England. Before the King's Palace.",
"[Enter Malcolm and Macduff.]",
"MALCOLM.\nLet us seek out some desolate shade and there\nWeep our sad bosoms empty.",
"MACDUFF.\nLet us rather\nHold fast the mortal sword, and, like good men,\nBestride our down-fall'n birthdom: each new morn\nNew widows h... |
3,541 | 1533_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back in Scotland, at Macbeth's castle in Dunsinane, a doctor waits with one of Lady Macbeth's gentlewomen. They're keeping an eye out for Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking, which the gentlewoman reported began once Macbeth left to prepare the house for battle. Seems like Lady Macbeth has been saying and doing some freaky thi... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.",
"Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle.",
"[Enter a Doctor of Physic and a Waiting-Gentlewoman.]",
"DOCTOR.\nI have two nights watched with you, but can perceive no\ntruth in your report. When was it she last walked?",
"GENTLEWOMAN.\nSince his majesty went into the field, I have seen her\nrise ... |
3,542 | 1533_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A bunch of Scottish noblemen converge in the country near Dunsinane, where Macbeth keeps his castle. On their heels, heading for Birnam, is the English army, led by Malcolm, Malcom's Uncle Siward, and Macduff. Oh, and a bunch of young Scottish men have taken up arms with the English army. This is not looking good for M... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The Country near Dunsinane.",
"[Enter. with drum and colours, Menteith, Caithness, Angus,\nLennox, and Soldiers.]",
"MENTEITH.\nThe English power is near, led on by Malcolm,\nHis uncle Siward, and the good Macduff.\nRevenges burn in them; for their dear causes\nWould to the bleeding and the grim... |
3,543 | 1533_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Macbeth is pumped for battle. Thanks to the sisters' prophecies, he's pretty confident that he can't be beat. Just then, a messenger enters with the doubtful and fearful news that there are ten thousand somethings marching to Dunsinane.Somethings? That doesn't sound good. Macbeth guesses that the somethings are geese. ... | [
"SCENE III.",
"Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle.",
"[Enter Macbeth, Doctor, and Attendants.]",
"MACBETH.\nBring me no more reports; let them fly all:\nTill Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane\nI cannot taint with fear. What's the boy Malcolm?\nWas he not born of woman? The spirits that know\nAll mortal consequence... |
3,544 | 1533_act_5,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | More people meet, specifically Malcolm, Siward, Macduff, Menteith, Caithness, Angus, Lennox, and Ross. Does anyone have a mnemonic for that? They hatch a plan: the soldiers will cut down branches to hide themselves under during the march to Dunsinane. Hm. That sounds a lot like the woods of Birnam are about to be on th... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"Country nearDunsinane: a Wood in view.",
"[Enter, with drum and colours, Malcolm, old Siward and his Son,\nMacduff, Menteith, Caithness, Angus, Lennox, Ross, and Soldiers,\nmarching.]",
"MALCOLM.\nCousins, I hope the days are near at hand\nThat chambers will be safe.",
"MENTEITH.\nWe doubt it ... |
3,545 | 1533_act_5,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Macbeth insists that banners be hung outside the castle. Many of his former forces are now fighting against him on the English side, making it difficult for him to meet the army in a glorious blaze. He's still feeling pretty good, since Dunsinane is so fortified that he imagines the enemy army will die of hunger and si... | [
"SCENE V.",
"Dunsinane. Within the castle.",
"[Enter with drum and colours, Macbeth, Seyton, and Soldiers.]",
"MACBETH.\nHang out our banners on the outward walls;\nThe cry is still, \"They come:\" our castle's strength\nWill laugh a siege to scorn: here let them lie\nTill famine and the ague eat them up:\nWe... |
3,546 | 1533_act_5,_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Malcolm, Siward and Macduff land their army outside Dunsinane. Siward will lead the battle with his son, and Malcolm and Macduff will take the rear and manage everything else. The soldiers drop their "leafy screens," the alarms sound, and the battle for Scotland begins. Rumble! | [
"SCENE VI.",
"The same. A Plain before the Castle.",
"[Enter, with drum and colours, Malcolm, old Siward, Macduff, &c.,\nand their Army, with boughs.]",
"MALCOLM.\nNow near enough; your leafy screens throw down,\nAnd show like those you are.--You, worthy uncle,\nShall with my cousin, your right-noble son,\nLe... |
3,547 | 1533_act_5,_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Macbeth appears on stage and compares himself to a bear in a bear-baiting contest . History Snack: Bear-baiting is a blood sport that involves chaining a bear to a stake and setting a pack of dogs on it. Elizabethans thought this was good clean family fun. Bear-baiting arenas were located in the same neighborhoods as t... | [
"SCENE VII.",
"The same. Another part of the Plain.",
"[Alarums. Enter Macbeth.]",
"MACBETH.\nThey have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly,\nBut, bear-like I must fight the course.--What's he\nThat was not born of woman? Such a one\nAm I to fear, or none.",
"[Enter young Siward.]",
"YOUNG SIWARD.\nWhat is t... |
3,548 | 1533_act_5,_scene_8 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Macbeth enters the stage alone and says he refuses to "play the Roman fool" . Macduff enters and calls Macbeth a "hell-hound" and Macbeth talks a little trash in return: I already killed your family so you best be steppin' back now unless you want me to have your blood on my hands, too. Macduff is having none of it. Th... | [
"SCENE VIII.",
"The same. Another part of the field.",
"[Enter Macbeth.]",
"MACBETH.\nWhy should I play the Roman fool, and die\nOn mine own sword? whiles I see lives, the gashes\nDo better upon them.",
"[Enter Macduff.]",
"MACDUFF.\nTurn, hell-hound, turn!",
"MACBETH.\nOf all men else I have avoided th... |
3,523 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_1_scene_1_|_cl1ffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In a desolate place blasted by thunderstorms, Three Witches meet to predict the future. | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.",
"An open Place. Thunder and Lightning.",
"[Enter three Witches.]",
"FIRST WITCH.\nWhen shall we three meet again?\nIn thunder, lightning, or in rain?",
"SECOND WITCH.\nWhen the hurlyburly's done,\nWhen the battle's lost and won.",
"THIRD WITCH.\nThat will be ere the set of sun.",
"FIR... |
3,524 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_1_scene_2_|_cl1ffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scotland is at war. King Duncan faces not only his own rebellious kinsmen but also an invasion by King Sweno of the Norwegians. In this scene, Duncan receives three significant reports: the death of the rebel Macdonald at the hands of "brave Macbeth"; Macbeth's action against the Norwegians; and the treachery of the Th... | [
"SCENE II.",
"A Camp near Forres.",
"[Alarum within. Enter King Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox,\nwith Attendants, meeting a bleeding Soldier.]",
"DUNCAN.\nWhat bloody man is that? He can report,\nAs seemeth by his plight, of the revolt\nThe newest state.",
"MALCOLM.\nThis is the sergeant\nWho, like a go... |
3,525 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_1_scene_3_|_cl1ffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | With a clap of thunder, the Witches reappear. Having demonstrated their power by casting a terrible curse upon a sailor whose wife offended one of them, they encounter Macbeth and Banquo as the two soldiers ride from the battlefield. The sisters make three prophecies, the first two regarding Macbeth and the last regard... | [
"SCENE III.",
"A heath.",
"[Thunder. Enter the three Witches.]",
"FIRST WITCH.\nWhere hast thou been, sister?",
"SECOND WITCH.\nKilling swine.",
"THIRD WITCH.\nSister, where thou?",
"FIRST WITCH.\nA sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap,\nAnd mounch'd, and mounch'd, and mounch'd:--\"Give me,\" quoth I:... |
3,526 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_1_scene_4_|_cl1ffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the palace court room, King Duncan receives the news of the execution of Cawdor and delivers formal thanks to Macbeth and Banquo for their part in the battle. Then, to the private astonishment of Macbeth, Duncan announces that his successor as king, whenever that may be, will be his son Malcolm. | [
"SCENE IV.",
"Forres. A Room in the Palace.",
"[Flourish. Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox, and\nAttendants.]",
"DUNCAN.\nIs execution done on Cawdor? Are not\nThose in commission yet return'd?",
"MALCOLM.\nMy liege,\nThey are not yet come back. But I have spoke\nWith one that saw him die: who did r... |
3,527 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_1_scene_5_|_cl1ffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Macbeth's home, the castle of Inverness, Lady Macbeth reads a letter from her husband concerning his meeting with the Witches. She is immediately aware of the significance of their prophetic words and, on being informed that King Duncan will be paying a royal visit to Inverness, makes up her mind to carry out the mu... | [
"SCENE V.",
"Inverness. A Room in Macbeth's Castle.",
"[Enter Lady Macbeth, reading a letter.]",
"LADY MACBETH.\n\"They met me in the day of success; and I have\nlearned by the perfectest report they have more in them than\nmortal knowledge. When I burned in desire to question them\nfurther, they made themsel... |
3,528 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_1_scene_6_|_cl1ffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | King Duncan and his retinue arrive at Inverness. Various formal greetings are exchanged between the king and Lady Macbeth, who, like a chameleon, now takes on the more typical role of perfect hostess. | [
"SCENE VI.",
"The same. Before the Castle.",
"[Hautboys. Servants of Macbeth attending.]",
"[Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Banquo, Lennox, Macduff, Ross,\nAngus, and Attendants.]",
"DUNCAN.\nThis castle hath a pleasant seat: the air\nNimbly and sweetly recommends itself\nUnto our gentle senses.",
"BAN... |
3,529 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_1_scene_7_|_cl1ffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Alone, Macbeth ponders the deed that he is about to perform. He is aware of the powerful reasons for murdering the king, but is nagged by self-doubt arising from his fear of retribution both in heaven and on earth and by his likely loss of reputation. However, any such fears are dismissed by his wife in the same practi... | [
"SCENE VII.",
"The same. A Lobby in the Castle.",
"[Hautboys and torches. Enter, and pass over, a Sewer and divers\nServants with dishes and service. Then enter Macbeth.]",
"MACBETH. If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well\nIt were done quickly. If the assassination\nCould trammel up the consequence,... |
3,530 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_2_scene_1_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As Macbeth makes his way toward the king's bedchamber, he encounters Banquo with his son Fleance. Banquo has been unable to sleep and explains to Macbeth that he has been dreaming of the weird sisters. After arranging to meet again in order to discuss the matter, Banquo asserts his allegiance to the king and bids good ... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.",
"Inverness. Court within the Castle.",
"[Enter Banquo, preceeded by Fleance with a torch.]",
"BANQUO.\nHow goes the night, boy?",
"FLEANCE.\nThe moon is down; I have not heard the clock.",
"BANQUO.\nAnd she goes down at twelve.",
"FLEANCE.\nI take't, 'tis later, sir.",
"BANQUO.\nHo... |
3,531 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_2_scene_2_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Having drugged the guards of Duncan's chamber, Lady Macbeth now meets her husband in the lower courtyard as he emerges from the king's room itself. Macbeth's conscience is clearly disturbed by what he has done, and once more his wife criticizes his lack of firmness. The success of their plot is also in jeopardy because... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. Without the Castle.",
"[Enter Ross and an old Man.]",
"OLD MAN.\nThreescore and ten I can remember well:\nWithin the volume of which time I have seen\nHours dreadful and things strange; but this sore night\nHath trifled former knowings.",
"ROSS.\nAh, good father,\nThou seest, the hea... |
3,532 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_3_scene_1_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Banquo suspects Macbeth but gains comfort from the second part of the Witches' prediction -- that his own children will be kings. Having announced his intention to go riding with Fleance, Banquo is persuaded by the Macbeths to return later that evening to their new palace at Forres for a special feast. However, Macbeth... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.",
"Forres. A Room in the Palace.",
"[Enter Banquo.]",
"BANQUO.\nThou hast it now,--king, Cawdor, Glamis, all,\nAs the weird women promis'd; and, I fear,\nThou play'dst most foully for't; yet it was said\nIt should not stand in thy posterity;\nBut that myself should be the root and father\nO... |
3,533 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_3_scene_2_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This short scene allows the audience once more into the private thoughts of the murderous couple, while holding the action momentarily in suspense. As the hired killers make their way toward Banquo, Macbeth and his wife meet secretly. His wife attempts to soothe his troubled mind but ironically feels the same doubts he... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. Another Room in the Palace.",
"[Enter Lady Macbeth and a Servant.]",
"LADY MACBETH.\nIs Banquo gone from court?",
"SERVANT.\nAy, madam, but returns again to-night.",
"LADY MACBETH.\nSay to the king, I would attend his leisure\nFor a few words.",
"SERVANT.\nMadam, I will.",
"[Ex... |
3,534 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_3_scene_3_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The hired murderers meet as arranged. On hearing approaching horses, a signal is given, and Banquo and his son Fleance are attacked. The murderers' lantern is accidentally extinguished, and the job is left half-done: Although Banquo is killed, Fleance escapes. | [
"SCENE III.",
"The same. A Park or Lawn, with a gate leading to the Palace.",
"[Enter three Murderers.]",
"FIRST MURDERER.\nBut who did bid thee join with us?",
"THIRD MURDERER.\nMacbeth.",
"SECOND MURDERER.\nHe needs not our mistrust; since he delivers\nOur offices and what we have to do\nTo the directio... |
3,535 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_3_scene_4_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Forres, Macbeth and his wife welcome the thanes of Scotland to the banquet. Immediately prior to the feast, one of the murderers appears at a side door and reveals to Macbeth the truth about the mission: their success in the killing of Banquo and their failure to murder Fleance. Macbeth recomposes himself and return... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"The same. A Room of state in the Palace. A banquet prepared.",
"[Enter Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Ross, Lennox, Lords, and\nAttendants.]",
"MACBETH.\nYou know your own degrees: sit down. At first\nAnd last the hearty welcome.",
"LORDS.\nThanks to your majesty.",
"MACBETH.\nOurself will mingle wi... |
3,536 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_3_scene_5_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hecate, the classical goddess of the lower world who represents the spirit of ancient witchcraft, calls the weird sisters to her to complain that her own part in Macbeth's downfall has been overlooked and that she now wishes personally to make his downfall complete. The scene is unnecessary to understanding the play an... | [
"SCENE V.",
"The heath.",
"[Thunder. Enter the three Witches, meeting Hecate.]",
"FIRST WITCH.\nWhy, how now, Hecate? you look angerly.",
"HECATE. Have I not reason, beldams as you are,\nSaucy and overbold? How did you dare\nTo trade and traffic with Macbeth\nIn riddles and affairs of death;\nAnd I, the mis... |
3,537 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_3_scene_6_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meeting with a rebel lord, Lennox reveals his doubts concerning Macbeth. His argument is that those who might be immediately suspected of murdering their kinsmen are less likely to have done so than Macbeth, who had killed the guards of Duncan's chamber so hastily. Although Lennox is prepared to accept Macbeth's action... | [
"SCENE VI.",
"Forres. A Room in the Palace.",
"[Enter Lennox and another Lord.]",
"LENNOX. My former speeches have but hit your thoughts,\nWhich can interpret further: only, I say,\nThing's have been strangely borne. The gracious Duncan\nWas pitied of Macbeth:--marry, he was dead:--\nAnd the right valiant Ban... |
3,538 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_4_scene_1_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Macbeth returns to the Weird Sisters and boldly demands to be shown a series of apparitions that tell his future. The first apparition is the disembodied head of a warrior who seems to warn Macbeth of a bloody revenge at the hands of Macduff. The second is a blood-covered child who comforts Macbeth with the news that h... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.",
"A dark Cave. In the middle, a Caldron Boiling.",
"[Thunder. Enter the three Witches.]",
"FIRST WITCH.\nThrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.",
"SECOND WITCH.\nThrice; and once the hedge-pig whin'd.",
"THIRD WITCH.\nHarpier cries:--\"tis time, 'tis time.",
"FIRST WITCH.\nRound about the... |
3,539 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_4_scene_2_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Macduff's castle in Fife, Lady Macduff comforts and is comforted by her young son, who displays a courage beyond his years when confronted with the possibility that his father has turned traitor. Although warned by the Thane of Ross to escape before it is too late, Lady Macduff is encountered by Macbeth's henchmen, ... | [
"SCENE II.",
"Fife. A Room in Macduff's Castle.",
"[Enter Lady Macduff, her Son, and Ross.]",
"LADY MACDUFF.\nWhat had he done, to make him fly the land?",
"ROSS.\nYou must have patience, madam.",
"LADY MACDUFF.\nHe had none:\nHis flight was madness: when our actions do not,\nOur fears do make us traitors... |
3,540 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_4_scene_3_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In England, Duncan's son Malcolm tests the loyalty of his newest recruit, Macduff. By demeaning his own nobility and professing himself to be a greater tyrant than Macbeth, Malcolm hopes to goad Macduff into an open display of his loyalties. This attempt at reverse psychology has its desired effect. Macduff is thrown i... | [
"SCENE III.",
"England. Before the King's Palace.",
"[Enter Malcolm and Macduff.]",
"MALCOLM.\nLet us seek out some desolate shade and there\nWeep our sad bosoms empty.",
"MACDUFF.\nLet us rather\nHold fast the mortal sword, and, like good men,\nBestride our down-fall'n birthdom: each new morn\nNew widows h... |
3,541 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_5_scene_1_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lady Macbeth has gone mad. Like her husband, she cannot find any rest, but she is suffering more clearly from a psychological disorder that causes her, as she sleepwalks, to recall fragments of the events of the murders of Duncan, Banquo, and Lady Macduff. These incriminating words are overheard by the Doctor and a lad... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.",
"Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle.",
"[Enter a Doctor of Physic and a Waiting-Gentlewoman.]",
"DOCTOR.\nI have two nights watched with you, but can perceive no\ntruth in your report. When was it she last walked?",
"GENTLEWOMAN.\nSince his majesty went into the field, I have seen her\nrise ... |
3,542 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_5_scene_2_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Four lords of Scotland -- Lennox, Menteth, Angus, and Caithness -- resolve to join Malcolm and the English forces, who have by now marched into Scotland and are encamped at Birnam Wood, not far from Macbeth's stronghold at Dunsinane. | [
"SCENE II.",
"The Country near Dunsinane.",
"[Enter. with drum and colours, Menteith, Caithness, Angus,\nLennox, and Soldiers.]",
"MENTEITH.\nThe English power is near, led on by Malcolm,\nHis uncle Siward, and the good Macduff.\nRevenges burn in them; for their dear causes\nWould to the bleeding and the grim... |
3,543 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_5_scene_3_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Macbeth dismisses reports of invasion by trusting to the prophecies of the apparitions, which seemed to promise him invincibility in battle. When a servant enters to announce the approach of a huge army, Macbeth appears momentarily to lose courage and then angrily spurns his servant and orders his armor to be put on. T... | [
"SCENE III.",
"Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle.",
"[Enter Macbeth, Doctor, and Attendants.]",
"MACBETH.\nBring me no more reports; let them fly all:\nTill Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane\nI cannot taint with fear. What's the boy Malcolm?\nWas he not born of woman? The spirits that know\nAll mortal consequence... |
3,544 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_5_scene_4_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The English and rebel Scottish armies, under the leadership of Malcolm, meet at Birnam Wood. With military foresight, Malcolm orders each soldier to cut a branch and carry it in front of him as camouflage "to shadow the numbers of our host" -- that is, to conceal the actual size of the advancing army. | [
"SCENE IV.",
"Country nearDunsinane: a Wood in view.",
"[Enter, with drum and colours, Malcolm, old Siward and his Son,\nMacduff, Menteith, Caithness, Angus, Lennox, Ross, and Soldiers,\nmarching.]",
"MALCOLM.\nCousins, I hope the days are near at hand\nThat chambers will be safe.",
"MENTEITH.\nWe doubt it ... |
3,545 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_5_scene_5_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Now fully armed, Macbeth confidently turns all his scorn on the advancing armies, only to find his brave rhetoric interrupted by an offstage shriek. The queen is dead -- whether by her own hand is not made clear -- and Macbeth is left to contemplate a lonely future of endless tomorrows "signifying nothing." Yet another... | [
"SCENE V.",
"Dunsinane. Within the castle.",
"[Enter with drum and colours, Macbeth, Seyton, and Soldiers.]",
"MACBETH.\nHang out our banners on the outward walls;\nThe cry is still, \"They come:\" our castle's strength\nWill laugh a siege to scorn: here let them lie\nTill famine and the ague eat them up:\nWe... |
3,546 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_5_scene_6_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Malcolm and his troops have reached Dunsinane under the "leafy screens" of the branches, thus fulfilling the prophecy of the apparitions: Birnam wood has come to Dunsinane. | [
"SCENE VI.",
"The same. A Plain before the Castle.",
"[Enter, with drum and colours, Malcolm, old Siward, Macduff, &c.,\nand their Army, with boughs.]",
"MALCOLM.\nNow near enough; your leafy screens throw down,\nAnd show like those you are.--You, worthy uncle,\nShall with my cousin, your right-noble son,\nLe... |
3,547 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_5_scene_7_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In a scene that foreshadows the final destruction of a tyrant in single combat, Macbeth is challenged by the courageous son of Siward. Immediately afterwards, Macduff is seen eagerly seeking out the man who was responsible for the murder of his family. Lastly, it is announced that Macbeth's forces have surrendered Duns... | [
"SCENE VII.",
"The same. Another part of the Plain.",
"[Alarums. Enter Macbeth.]",
"MACBETH.\nThey have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly,\nBut, bear-like I must fight the course.--What's he\nThat was not born of woman? Such a one\nAm I to fear, or none.",
"[Enter young Siward.]",
"YOUNG SIWARD.\nWhat is t... |
3,548 | 1533_macbeth:_summary_&_analysis_act_5_scene_8_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On another part of the battlefield, Macbeth and Macduff finally come face to face. Words, then sword thrusts are exchanged, and Macbeth, the bloody and tyrannical usurper of the throne of Scotland, meets his predestined end. | [
"SCENE VIII.",
"The same. Another part of the field.",
"[Enter Macbeth.]",
"MACBETH.\nWhy should I play the Roman fool, and die\nOn mine own sword? whiles I see lives, the gashes\nDo better upon them.",
"[Enter Macduff.]",
"MACDUFF.\nTurn, hell-hound, turn!",
"MACBETH.\nOf all men else I have avoided th... |
3,523 | 1533_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Thunder and lightning crash above a Scottish moor. Three haggard old women, the witches, appear out of the storm. In eerie, chanting tones, they make plans to meet again upon the heath, after the battle, to confront Macbeth. As quickly as they arrive, they disappear | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.",
"An open Place. Thunder and Lightning.",
"[Enter three Witches.]",
"FIRST WITCH.\nWhen shall we three meet again?\nIn thunder, lightning, or in rain?",
"SECOND WITCH.\nWhen the hurlyburly's done,\nWhen the battle's lost and won.",
"THIRD WITCH.\nThat will be ere the set of sun.",
"FIR... |
3,524 | 1533_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At a military camp near his palace at Forres, King Duncan of Scotland asks a wounded captain for news about the Scots' battle with the Irish invaders, who are led by the rebel Macdonwald. The captain, who was wounded helping Duncan's son Malcolm escape capture by the Irish, replies that the Scottish generals Macbeth an... | [
"SCENE II.",
"A Camp near Forres.",
"[Alarum within. Enter King Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox,\nwith Attendants, meeting a bleeding Soldier.]",
"DUNCAN.\nWhat bloody man is that? He can report,\nAs seemeth by his plight, of the revolt\nThe newest state.",
"MALCOLM.\nThis is the sergeant\nWho, like a go... |
3,525 | 1533_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On the heath near the battlefield, thunder rolls and the three witches appear. One says that she has just come from "illing swine" and another describes the revenge she has planned upon a sailor whose wife refused to share her chestnuts. Suddenly a drum beats, and the third witch cries that Macbeth is coming. Macbeth a... | [
"SCENE III.",
"A heath.",
"[Thunder. Enter the three Witches.]",
"FIRST WITCH.\nWhere hast thou been, sister?",
"SECOND WITCH.\nKilling swine.",
"THIRD WITCH.\nSister, where thou?",
"FIRST WITCH.\nA sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap,\nAnd mounch'd, and mounch'd, and mounch'd:--\"Give me,\" quoth I:... |
3,526 | 1533_act_1,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the king's palace, Duncan hears reports of Cawdor's execution from his son Malcolm, who says that Cawdor died nobly, confessing freely and repenting of his crimes. Macbeth and Banquo enter with Ross and Angus. Duncan thanks the two generals profusely for their heroism in the battle, and they profess their loyalty an... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"Forres. A Room in the Palace.",
"[Flourish. Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox, and\nAttendants.]",
"DUNCAN.\nIs execution done on Cawdor? Are not\nThose in commission yet return'd?",
"MALCOLM.\nMy liege,\nThey are not yet come back. But I have spoke\nWith one that saw him die: who did r... |
3,527 | 1533_act_1,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty. In Inverness, Macbeth's castle, Lady Macbeth reads to herself a letter she has received from Macbeth. The letter announces Macbeth's promotion to the thaneship of Cawdor and details his meeti... | [
"SCENE V.",
"Inverness. A Room in Macbeth's Castle.",
"[Enter Lady Macbeth, reading a letter.]",
"LADY MACBETH.\n\"They met me in the day of success; and I have\nlearned by the perfectest report they have more in them than\nmortal knowledge. When I burned in desire to question them\nfurther, they made themsel... |
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