Both Uses of
serpent
in
Macbeth
- Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters:—to beguile the time, Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under't.†
Scene 1.5 *
- Thanks for that: There the grown serpent lies; the worm that's fled Hath nature that in time will venom breed, No teeth for the present.†
Scene 3.4
Definition:
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(serpent) a snake