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…, they will haul you off to jail and lock you up in a cell for the remainder of the night. It’s kind of like staying in a motel if you think about it. If you have a chance to escape the law, put the pedal to the metal because they usually end up confiscating all your…

…, and to hide in before they attacked. Santa Anna most likely thought an attack by the Texans during the night of April 20 was imminent, so he sent for his brother-in-law, General Cós, to bring his troops to the President’s aid. Santa Anna forced his…

…, and madam, to expostulate/ what majesty should be, what duty is/ why day is day, night night, and time is time/ were nothing but to waste night, day and time/ therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit/ and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes/ I…

…the maximum amount of money from the poor. On the Pardoners first night there he gets a call for an indulgence and a relic. It is the Knight who had just slept with the Wife of Bath. He sells his fake indulgence and relic to the Knight and the Knight believes…

…that nature / Gives way to in repose! (II.i.6-9) . Banquo says to his son, the night that Macbeth murders Duncan. Banquo doesn’t say just what thoughts are disturbing his sleep, but we can guess that they have to do with the witches’ prophecies. Later…

…moons ago. Every night Grendel wonders outside his cave, exploring the land around him. One night, on one of his many excursions, he gets trapped in the root of a tree. A nearby bull attacks him and after hours of marauding the bull grows tired…

…of this throughout the book as he is writing his play and incorporating the old (legends and myths) with the new (contemporary times). The first significant reference to legend occurs when Wittman is putting his entire night’s worth of writing into the incinerator (42…

…. The darkness partially blinds out all of the horrible things that occur in the night. Only in darkness can such evil deeds be done. Secondly, the darkness shows one of Lady Macbeth’s weaknesses: her fear of dark. In the play, phrases of fear escape from lips even…

…by an accented syllable that allows for a rhythm to be set by the reader and can be clearly seen when one looks at a line: She walks / in beau / ty like / the night. T.S. Eliot, an American poet criticizes Byron's work by stating the poem, "needs to be read very…

…sadly, when her lips were close to his ear, “prithee, put off your journey until sunrise, and sleep in your own bed to-night. A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts, that she's afeard of herself, sometimes. Pray, tarry with me this night…