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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: Act III: Scenes IV - VI

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Berkeley, David Shelley
Affiliation: Professor Of English, Oklahoma State University

Act III: Scenes IV - VI

Act III, Scene iv

Plot summary.

This scene takes place in a room of the palace set for a banquet.
Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Ross, Lennox, other lords, and attendants enter.
Macbeth says, "You know your own degrees, sit down. . . ." He tells them, in
effect, that since they know their proper ranks, they can seat themselves
according to rank without the formality of Macbeth's having to place them.
After being thanked Macbeth goes on to ...

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