| Margaret | Soothsayer | |
| Similarities | ||
| Provides a prophetic element with foreshadowing | Provides a prophetic element with foreshadowing | |
| Speaks of death in the future | Speaks of death in the future | |
| Provides truth, though hidden beneath layers of curses | Provides truth, though hidden in cryptic words | |
| Differences | ||
| Former Queen of England | Street beggar/soothsayer | |
| Not completely sane, mentally unstable | Seemingly sane | |
| Provides a dark, malicious warning of the future,
perhaps unknowing of its validity |
Provides a benign, mysterious warning of the plot,
knowing of its accuracy |
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| Famous/Relevant Quotation | ||
| "This sorrow I have, by right is yours,/
and all the pleasures you usurp are mine." (Richard III I, iii, 171- 172) |
"Beware the Ides of March"
(Julius Caesar I, ii, 23) |
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Relevant passage in Multicoloured Threads