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Learn about the meaning, structure, and literary devices of the famous song "Double, Double Toil and Trouble" from Shakespeare's Macbeth. The song foretells Macbeth's fate and uses various ingredients to make a potion to call the dark forces.
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Summary ‘Windigo’ by Louise Erdrich is a dark and mysterious...
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Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Cool it with a baboon's blood, Then the charm is firm and good.
The three Witches conjure a potion with various ingredients and chant "Double, double toil and trouble" repeatedly. They appear to Macbeth and reveal his fate, including his future encounters with Banquo's descendants and his downfall.
Learn the meaning and context of the famous rhyming couplet from Macbeth, chanted by the three witches who represent evil and temptation. Find out how Shakespeare uses rhyming, alliteration, and theatrical effects to create a mesmeric and unreal effect.
Learn the meaning and context of the famous witches' spell from Shakespeare's Macbeth. Find out how they use poisoned ingredients, tetrameter, and rhyme to curse Macbeth with toil and trouble.
Learn the meaning and context of the famous quote "double double toil and trouble" from Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Find out how the three witches use their supernatural powers to manipulate and trouble the characters in the play.
The three witches chant a spell with the phrase "double, double toil and trouble" and throw various ingredients into a cauldron. The poem is from the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare and is in the public domain.
