defs

1.) Enfranchised
a.) To release from confinement
b.) 1579-80
c.) affranchise

2.) "He is enfranchised and come to light:" proclaims Aaron. When a baby is in the womb it is enshrouded in darkness. During the birthing process the baby sees light and upon coming out the baby is engulfed in light. What was once isolated is released back into society.

3.) To make (a city or a town) "free by charter; to invest (it) with municipal rights. Shakespeare's use of the word does not refer to freeing an entire city or town, just one person.

4.) N/A

1.) Fie
a.) An exclamation expressing, in early use, disgust or indignant reproach. No longer current in dignified language; said to children to excite shame for some unbecoming action, and hence often used to express the humorous pretence of feeling 'shocked' sometimes more fully, fie for shame!
b.) 1297
c.) N/A

2.) "Fie, treacherous hue that will betray with blushing" states Aaron, he is disgusted and trying to tell Chiron to not let his guard down. When a person feels shame their face, or the coloring of it, can give away their emotion.

3.) Qualified by an adj.: as double much fie (obs) as an obj. in to cry, fie upon.

4.) N/A

1.) Figure
a.) The image, likeness, or representation of something material or immaterial.
b.) 1340
c.) Shape

2.) "The figure and the picture of my youth" states Aaron; he is talking about how his mistress makes him feel younger. He is in a state of remembering how he was as a youth. It is the pure idea of something, the pure memory. He is also Black and considered unpure and Tamora is white and considered pure, together they made a black child, it is a symbolic figure that what is white is not always good.

3.) The form of anything as determined by the outline; external form; shape generally. This doesn't fit because Aaron is speaking symbolically of his youthfulness.

4.) Yes, figure is used as wordplay. A figure can be symbolic or it can be real.

1.) Leer
a.) The face, countenance; hence look or appearance (of the face and skin), 'hue', complexion.
b.) 700
c.) Sneer

2.) "Here's a young lad framed of another leer:" states Aaron. He is saying that his son had no choice in being black or white. His skin color is black and was probably chosen on purpose by God.

3.) Glass-making or an annealing-furnace. This does not fit because Aaron is speaking primarily about the appearance of a person.

4.) Leer can mean "to cast a sidelong glance" and here it is being used as a means of the "young lad" almost being forced to "leer" or make a face.

1.) Maugre
a.) Ill-will, displeasure, or spite, borne by a person towards another.
b.) 1320
c.) N/A

2.) "This maugre all the world I'll keep safe." Aaron is saying that he will forever remember how another person acted spitefully toward him.

3.) N/A

4.) N/A

1.) Privilege
a.) In extended sense: A special advantage or benefit; with reference to divine dispensations, natural advantages; gifts of fortune, etc.
b.) 1230
c.) Advantage

2.) "Why, there's the privilege your beauty bears:" states Aaron. He is explaining that Chiron is capable of showing his emotion about his embarrassment and guilt for the crimes he has committed.

3.) To authorize, license (what is otherwise forbidden or wrong); to justify, excuse. I don't think this definition fits because Aaron is talking about Chiron's unfortunate ability to give away his guilt.

4.) Yes, because beauty is looking at as being a privilege. People can only fix their appearance to a certain extent. The way we look is something we are born with. Aaron is telling him that he looks too guilty of his crimes.

1.) Seal
a.) A device (e.g. a heraldic or emblematic design, a letter, word, or sentence) impressed on a piece of wax or other plastic material adhering or attached by cords or parchment slips to a document as evidence of authenticity or attestation; also, the piece of wax, etc. bearing this impressed device.
b.) 1258
c.) Hunt down

2.) "Although my seal be stamped in his face." Aaron is speaking about how his son is black and he is black and the hue of his sons skin will forever be on his face. Nobody can wash away the blackness from him, it is not dirt. Chiron does not believe that the baby is his brother because he and is mother and other older brother are white.

3.) Many alternate definitions could fit because they refer to family emblems and crests. The definitions pertaining to "sealing" or "enclosing" an object would not fit.

4.) Yes, because a seal can be an emblem, but also a seal can be something enclosed. Aaron is telling that "[his] seal be stamped in his face." which could also be taken as Aaron saying that a seal of guilt will be seen in Chiron's face.

1.) Self
a.) One and the same.
b.) 1491
c.) Person/individual

2.) "Of that self-blood that first gave life to you," Aaron is talking to the two brothers and is referring to their mother's (Tamora) blood, it being her own blood that gave life to her child and the same blood that has given life to their new baby boy.

3.) Self has many alternate definitions, one was "To fertilize by means of pollen from tehsame plant." This does not fit the way Shakespeare uses "self" because he is speaking of blood-lines.

4.) N/A

1.) Sensibly
a.) In a manner perceptible to the senses; so far as can be perceived.
b.) 1425
c.) Reasonably

2.) "He is your brother, lords, sensibly fed." Aaron is speaking about the brothers and when they were in the womb the blood that was "fed" to them from their mother was also fed to their new half-brother.

3.) Another definition "With self-consciousness, consciously." does not fit Shakespeare's use of "sensibly" because Shakespeare is not writing about the conscious and perception of a human being.

4.) Yes, because sensibly can also mean something like "well" or "considerably"

1.) Smoke
a.) To drive out or away by means of smoke.
b.) 1593
c.) Emit/Give out

2.) "Or some of you shall smoke for it in Rome." Aaron is implying they will drive away or even kill as many Andronici as possible that his son will be as evil as him. Aaron will live on through his son.

3.) "A cigar or cigarette, a marijuana cigarette." This does not fit because Aaron is not literally talking about something a person can smoke.

4.) The use of smoke could be interpreted in multiple ways. Those in Rome shall die, or pay for the crimes by the use of punishment. To "smoke out" essentially is to drive away.