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Shakespeare's First Folio
Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXXVI

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Oth.
Why, how should she be murdred?
Aemil.
Alas: who knowes?
Oth.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXXVI

Reading 1/278 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Oth.
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Why, how should she be murdred?
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Aemil.
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Alas: who knowes?
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Oth.

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Alas exclamation US /əˈlæs/

used to show sadness, pity, or regret

From this reading “Alas: who knowes?”

All words in this reading · 11

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Aemil

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From this reading Aemil.

AlasexclamationUS /əˈlæs/

used to show sadness, pity, or regret

From this reading Alas: who knowes?

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Why, how should she be murdred?

how

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knowes

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murdred

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Oth

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shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Why, how should she be murdred?

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading Why, how should she be murdred?

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Alas: who knowes?

Why

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From this reading Why, how should she be murdred?