Both Uses of
harbinger
in
Macbeth
- The rest is labor, 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.†p. 29.4harbinger = an indication of the approach of something
- Make all our trumpets speak; give them all breath,
Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death.p. 181.7 *harbingers = indications of the approach of something
Definition:
an indication of the approach of something -- especially something bad