Zabina is Bajazeth’s wife. She matches her husband’s tireless capacity to deliver verbal abuse against Tamburlaine, of course falling on deaf ears. She and Zenocrate verbally spar while their husbands make war, providing a female counterpart to the battle. When Zenocrate finds her and Bajazeth’s corpses after their suicides, however, she feels remorse.
Zabina Quotes in Tamburlaine
The Tamburlaine quotes below are all either spoken by Zabina or refer to Zabina . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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For he that gives him other food than this
Shall sit by him and starve to death himself.
This is my mind, and I will have it so.
Not all the kings and emperors of the earth,
If they would lay their crowns before my feet,
Shall ransom him or take him from his cage.
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Zabina Quotes in Tamburlaine
The Tamburlaine quotes below are all either spoken by Zabina or refer to Zabina . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 1
Quotes
For he that gives him other food than this
Shall sit by him and starve to death himself.
This is my mind, and I will have it so.
Not all the kings and emperors of the earth,
If they would lay their crowns before my feet,
Shall ransom him or take him from his cage.
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