All 3 Uses of
knell
in
Macbeth
- Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven or to hell.p. 53.9 *knell = the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce death or a funeraleditor's notes: This could be paraphrased as: "Don't listen Duncan, for it is a bell that calls you to heaven or to hell."
- the dead man's knell
p. 151.5knell = the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce death or a funeral
- Had I as many sons as I have hairs,
I would not wish them to a fairer death:
And, so his knell is knolled.p. 189.4knell = death bell
Definition:
a slow, solemn bell sound -- especially announcing death
or:
a sign that something is ending
or:
a sign that something is ending