Tarquin

Berkeley Hoffman

Stories Associated

• Sextus Tarquinius was a Roman Prince who snuck into Lucretia's bedroom and raped her.

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Quote

“Alurumed by his sentinel, the wolf, whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace , with Tarquin's ravishing strides , towards his design moves like a ghost”

Interpretation

Macbeth is going to kill Duncan but just at the fact of doing the deed he starts to see things and how one mistake could ruin hi future.

Background

• After Sextus raped Lucretia she informed her father and husband then killed herself, in which her husbands friend led a revolt and exiled them from Rome

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