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Search phrase: confusion

Plays

 33 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC III.xiii.115.1To our confusion.To our confusion.
As You Like ItAYL V.iv.122Peace, ho! I bar confusion.Peace hoa: I barre confusion,
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.ii.189Infect thy sap, and live on thy confusion.Infect thy sap, and liue on thy confusion
CoriolanusCor III.i.110Neither supreme, how soon confusionNeither Supreame; How soone Confusion
CoriolanusCor IV.vi.29.1Crying confusion.Crying Confusion.
CymbelineCym III.i.66Receive it from me, then. War and confusionReceyue it from me then. Warre, and Confusion
CymbelineCym IV.ii.92Nay, to thy mere confusion, thou shalt knowNay, to thy meere Confusion, thou shalt know
CymbelineCym V.iii.41A rout, confusion thick: forthwith they flyA Rowt, confusion thicke: forthwith they flye
HamletHam III.i.2Get from him why he puts on this confusion,Get from him why he puts on this Confusion:
Henry IV Part 11H4 V.i.82Of pell-mell havoc and confusion.Of pell-mell hauocke, and confusion.
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.i.77You may behold confusion of your foes.You may behold confusion of your foes.
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.i.194There comes the ruin, there begins confusion.There comes the ruine, there begins confusion.
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.i.182Heaping confusion on their own heads thereby!Heaping confusion on their owne heads thereby.
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.ii.31Shame and confusion! All is on the rout;Shame and Confusion all is on the rout,
King Edward IIIE3 IV.vi.33Cowardly works confusion on itself.Cowardly workes confusion on it selfe.
King Edward IIIE3 V.i.152So intricate the dark confusion was,So intricate the darke confusion was,
King JohnKJ II.i.359Then let confusion of one part confirmThen let confusion of one part confirm
King JohnKJ IV.iii.152Meet in one line; and vast confusion waits,Meet in one line: and vast confusion waites
King LearKL II.iv.90.2Vengeance, plague, death, confusion!Vengeance, Plague, Death, Confusion:
King LearKL III.ii.86Come to great confusion.come to great confusion:
MacbethMac II.iii.63Confusion now hath made his masterpiece;Confusion now hath made his Master-peece:
MacbethMac III.v.29Shall draw him on to his confusion.Shall draw him on to his Confusion.
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.177And there is such confusion in my powersAnd there is such confusion in my powers,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND I.i.149So quick bright things come to confusion.So quicke bright things come to confusion.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.109And mark the musical confusionAnd marke the musicall confusion
PericlesPer IV.i.65The master calls and trebles their confusion.the Maister calles and trebles their confusion.
Richard IIR2 II.ii.19Show nothing but confusion; eyed awry,Shew nothing but confusion, ey'd awry,
Timon of AthensTim IV.i.21And yet confusion live. Plagues, incident to men,And yet Confusion liue: Plagues incident to men,
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.128Make large confusion; and, thy fury spent,Make large confusion: and thy fury spent,
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.326Wouldst thou have thyself fall in the confusion ofWould'st thou haue thy selfe fall in the confusion of
Timon of AthensTim V.iv.52And not as our confusion, all thy powersAnd not as our Confusion: All thy Powers
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.184.1Confusion fall – Confusion fall---
Titus AndronicusTit V.ii.8And work confusion on his enemies.And worke confusion on his Enemies.

Poems

 2 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.445 And fright her with confusion of their cries. And fright her with confusion of their cries.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1159 Than they whose whole is swallowed in confusion. Then they whose whole is swallowed in confusion.

Glossary

 13 result(s).
Black Monday[in MV II.v.24] confusion of the day after Easter Sunday with Ash Wednesday
combustiontumult, confusion, disorder
confoundingdestructive, ruinous, causing total confusion
confusiondisturbance, distraction, agitation [of the mind]
confusiondestruction, overthrow, ruin
confusioncalamity, disaster, catastrophe
confusionoutburst, disorder, commotion
distinctlyclearly, without confusion
pell-mellin headlong confusion, in disordered haste
perplexityriddler, source of confusion
rumourtumult, din, confusion
shockrepel with force, throw into confusion
uproarthrow into turmoil, reduce to confusion

Thesaurus

 10 result(s).
confusioncombustion
confusionrumour
confusion, causing totalconfounding
confusion, in headlongpell-mell
confusion, source ofperplexity
confusion, throw intouproar
confusion, throw intoshock
confusion, withoutdistinctly
headlong confusion, inpell-mell
throw into confusionshock

Themes and Topics

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Religious personalities and beings... ts induction 1 7 jerome but here a confusion with hieronimo   contemporary fig...
Contemporary figures, factual and fictitious... ts induction 1 7 jerome but here a confusion with hieronimo from thomas kyd&rsquo s t...
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)... ii 92 [cloten to guiderius] to thy mere confusion thou shalt know / i am son to th&rsquo ...

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