DUNCAN. My plenteous joys,
Wanton in fulness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow. Sons, kinsmen, thanes,
And you whose places are the nearest, know
We will establish our estate upon
Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter
The Prince of Cumberland; which honour must
Not unaccompanied invest him only,
But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine
On all deservers. From hence to Inverness,
And bind us further to you.
MACBETH. The rest is labour, which is not used for you:
I'll be myself the harbinger and make joyful
The hearing of my wife with your approach;
So humbly take my leave.
DUNCAN. My worthy Cawdor!
MACBETH, aside. The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires:
The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be,
Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene iv
Which lines foreshadow Macbeth's eventual killing of the king?
A.We will establish our estate upon / Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter / The Prince of Cumberland
B.I'll be myself the harbinger and make joyful / The hearing of my wife with your approach; / So humbly take my leave.
C.My plenteous joys, / Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves / In drops of sorrow.
D.Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires: / The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be, / Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
