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25 Macbeth's treachery is personified - or " animalized ” —as the serpent under the innocent flower , a conventional identification , and serpent imagery also characterizes Goneril and Suffolk , both of whom were entrusted with ...
25 Macbeth's treachery is personified - or " animalized ” —as the serpent under the innocent flower , a conventional identification , and serpent imagery also characterizes Goneril and Suffolk , both of whom were entrusted with ...
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He calls her “ detested kite , ' speaks of her “ wolvish visage , " 30 and says his greatest curse is that she may come to know “ how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child . ” 31 When Lear is advised to return ...
He calls her “ detested kite , ' speaks of her “ wolvish visage , " 30 and says his greatest curse is that she may come to know “ how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child . ” 31 When Lear is advised to return ...
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Basilisk - cockatrice tradition : Theophylactus Samocatus : Egyptian idea that when the ibis feeds on serpents , its eggs ... ( See also xiv , 29 ; Greek basiliskos , diminutive of basileus , a king ; this serpent , according to Pliny ...
Basilisk - cockatrice tradition : Theophylactus Samocatus : Egyptian idea that when the ibis feeds on serpents , its eggs ... ( See also xiv , 29 ; Greek basiliskos , diminutive of basileus , a king ; this serpent , according to Pliny ...
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