All 4 Uses of
yield
in
Macbeth
- This supernatural soliciting
Cannot be ill, cannot be good. ...
If good, why do I yield to that suggestion
Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair,
And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,
Against the use of nature?p. 23.8yield = give in (consider)
- Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests;
I bear a charmed life, which must not yield
To one of woman born.p. 185.8yield = give wayeditor's notes: This could be paraphrased as "Strike your sword on the helmets of men who can be hurt; I live a protected life that cannot surrender to anyone born of a woman."
- Then yield thee, coward,
And live to...p. 187.2yield = give in, give way, or give up
- I will not yield,
To kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet,p. 187.4 *yield = surrender (give up)
Definitions:
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(1)
(yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced
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(2)
(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up