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  2. Chalk outline - Wikipedia

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    A chalk outline, which was drawn around a person laying on the ground. A chalk outline is a temporary outline, usually of a person, drawn on the ground, usually outlining evidence at a crime scene. The outline provides context for photographs of the crime scene, and assists investigators in preserving the evidence.

  3. On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth - Wikipedia

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    At the scene of his first act of butchery, a servant arrived at the house and knocked while he was still inside. The writer realizes murder is a "coarse and vulgar horror" when appreciated from the victim's perspective. In order to fully understand it, we must sympathize with the murderer, which is precisely what Shakespeare does in Macbeth.

  4. Third Murderer - Wikipedia

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    The Third Murderer is a character in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth (1606). He appears in one scene (3.3), joining the First and Second Murderers to assassinate Banquo and Fleance, at the orders of Macbeth. The Third Murderer is not present when Macbeth speaks to the First and Second Murderers, and is not expected by his partners.

  5. Lady Macduff - Wikipedia

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    Lady Macduff is a character in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. She is married to Lord Macduff, the Thane of Fife. Her appearance in the play is brief: she and her son are introduced in Act IV Scene II, a climactic scene that ends with both of them being murdered on Macbeth's orders. Though Lady Macduff's appearance is limited to this scene, her ...

  6. List of Shakespearean scenes - Wikipedia

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    Scene Location Appr. # lines Synopsis I 1 A desert place. 13 I 2 A camp near Forres. 76 I 3 A heath near Forres. 169 I 4 Forres. A room in the palace. 65 I 5 Inverness. Macbeth's castle. 80 I 6 Before Macbeth's castle. 37 I 7 A room in Macbeth's castle. 92 II 1 The court of Macbeth's castle. 72 II 2 The court of Macbeth's castle. 87 II 3

  7. Sleepwalking scene - Wikipedia

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    The Sleepwalking Lady Macbeth by Johann Heinrich Füssli, late 18th century. (Musée du Louvre) The sleepwalking scene is a critically celebrated scene from William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth (1606). Carrying a taper (candlestick), Lady Macbeth enters sleepwalking. The Doctor and the Gentlewoman stand aside to observe.

  8. Scotland, PA - Wikipedia

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    Scotland, PA is a 2001 American black comedy crime film written and directed by Billy Morrissette as a modernized retelling of Macbeth. [1] The film stars James LeGros, Maura Tierney, and Christopher Walken.

  9. On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts - Wikipedia

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    When he was editor of The Westmorland Gazette in 1818, De Quincey made a point to expand the paper's normal remit into covering trials for murder and sex crimes. [1]: 229 Five years later, De Quincey used John Williams' massacre as a lens for viewing Macduff's arrival at a crime scene in "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth".