Both Uses of
harbinger
in
Macbeth
- I'll be myself the harbinger, and make joyful
The hearing of my wife with your approach.p. 29.4 *harbinger = person who goes ahead and announces newseditor's notes: This could be paraphrased as: "I will go ahead and tell everyone you're coming. My wife will feel joy when she hears of it."
- Make all our trumpets speak; give them all breath,
Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death.p. 181.7harbingers = announcers
Definition:
an indication of the approach of something -- especially something bad