Paradox and equivocation in
a. identify the speaker and the addressee, and explain as much as you can about the context of the situation.
b. explain the specific terms in the quotation that make it a paradox.
c. explain the hidden truth to be found in the paradox

2. “lesser than macbeth and greater”. 1.3.68

i believe the answer is b.

excerpt from "the   daffodils" by william wordsworth

the grass-plot before the jail, in prison lane, on a certain summer morning, not less than two centuries ago, was occupied by a pretty large number of the inhabitants of boston; all with their eyes intently fastened on the iron-clamped oaken door.

— the scarlet letter,

nathaniel hawthorne

''eyes intently fastened''

''iron-clamped oaken door''

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