A Poetry of Violence

1. A Poetry of Violence Animals and Omens

2. Owls: • Act 2, Scene 2, line 1. Lady: That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold; What hath quench’d them hath given me fire. Hack! Peace! It was the owl that shriek’d, the fatal bellman, Which gives the stern’st good night. “What has made them drunk has made me bold; What has filled them has given me bravery. Listen! Quiet! The owl that shrieked was the fatal bellman, which gave the strongest goodnight.”

3. Owls: • Act 2, Scene 2, Line 14. MacBeth: I have done the deed. Didst thou not hear a noise? Lady: I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. Did not you speak? MacBeath: “I have done it. Did you not hear the noise?” Lady: “I heard the owl screech and the crickets chirp. Did you speak?”

4. Owls: • Act 2, Scene 4, Line 10. Old Man: ‘Tis unnatural, even like the deed that’s done. On Tuesday last a falcon towering in her pride of place was by a mousing owl hawk’d at and kill’d. Old Man: “It was unnatural, like the crime that was committed. Last Tuesday, a falcon flying in its pride of place was squawked at and killed by an owl.”

5. Ravens: • Act 1, Scene 5, Line 32. Messenger: So please you, it is true; our Thane is coming. One of my fellows had the speed of him, who, almost dead for breath, had scarcely more than would make up his message. Lady: Give him tending; He brings great news. The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements. Messenger: “It is true; the Thane is coming. One of my own has brought the message, was almost dead from exhaustion, he had barely enough energy to give me his message.” Lady: “See that he is looked after; He has brought great news . The raven which croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements is hoarse.”