The Tragedy of MacBeth
Act 4, Scene 2
by William Shakespeare
Lady Macduff receives a warning but still falls prey to Macbeth's plan.
Lady Macduff receives a warning but still falls prey to Macbeth's plan.
Mary hears a noise during a storm. She meets Colin, Archibald’s ill son. Mary tells him of the garden and he wants to see it someday. Colin expresses his anger toward his deceased mother.
"A little bird, with plumage brown,"
From you have I been absent in the spring
A drop fell on the apple tree
I had been hungry all the years;
The day came slow, till five o'clock
Curly and Flop look for adventures and come upon a school. They find they can’t spell or cut paper, but they can do tricks and, after scaring away a bear, are invited to join the class.
Lady Muriel, Arthur, and the Earl and his daughter consider going off on their own picnic.
Safe in their alabaster chambers
"The bowers whereat, in dreams, I see"
The wind tapped like a tired man
A typhoon destroys a harpoon boat as Ahab continues to put the crew in harms way unnecessarily.
A story about a blue jay named Jakie. This chapter focuses on his mischevious behavior.
After receiving an urgent message regarding an epidemic, Dr. Dolittle prepares for a voyage to Africa.
A turtle who wishes to fly is destroyed when the wish is fulfilled. As the turtle is dying the realization comes that we should be careful what we wish for.
The narrator describes his unorthodox travels to an old cotton plantation estate.
Dorothy and her friends visit the Tin Man who looks troubled. He gives them a tour of the castle and lunch, then tells them of the Nome King’s terrible plot. He tells them of the hopelessness of the near future.
"What says the wind to the waving trees?"
A miller's lie forces his daughter to make a deal with an evil dwarf in order to avoid execution.
Of all the sounds despatched abroad
Tommy suggests an arrangement to Doctor Dolittle. The doctor tells of the mysterious naturalist, Long Arrow.
"Heart of my heart, the day is chill,"
Romeo, Having found Juliet, lets his intentions be known.
The poet wonders about the wind.