A curved animal horn rests on a rough, splintered wooden rail.

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The Tempest • 1623

William Shakespeare

Fill all thy bones with aches, make thee roar That beasts shall tremble at thy din.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

This is a threat of punishment through pain. The speaker promises to fill the target's bones with aches until he roars so loudly that animals tremble at the noise, picturing suffering that turns a person into something bestial and frightening.

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