"quarry of these murdered deer"WordplayAct 4,Scene 3Lines 204-207aAn explanation of the phrase "quarry of these murdered deer" in Act 4, Scene 3 of myShakespeare's Macbeth. Ross Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes Savagely slaughtered. To relate the manner, Were, on the quarry of these murdered deer, To add the death of you. A quarry is the assembled carcasses of deer killed on a hunt. The corpses referred to here are Macduff’s “deer” ones—his wife and son.
