All 5 Uses
treason
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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- Run barefoot up and down, threat'ning the flames
With bisson rheum, a clout upon that head
Where late the diadem stood, and for a robe,
About her lank and all o'erteemed loins
A blanket, in the alarm of fear caught up—
Who this had seen, with tongue in venom steeped,
'Gainst Fortune's state would treason have
pronounced.†p. 113.9treason = an act of betrayal - Such love must needs be treason in my breast.†
p. 147.9 *
- There's such divinity doth hedge a king
That treason can but peep to what it would,
Acts little of his will.†p. 213.7 - Treason, treason!†
p. 281.3
- Treason, treason!†
p. 281.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(treason) betraying someone or something -- typically betraying one's own country
(in this context, to betray is to not be loyal--often by helping enemies) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)