![]() This hope apparently occurred to Macbeth himself, on first hearing His sons were alike fated to die before Macbeth, which would ensure his lawful as well as predictedĪccession to the Scottish throne. It is, perhaps, strange that the idea never occurs to her superstitious mind that probably Duncan and Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem It is too full of the milk of human kindness,Īnd chastise with the valour of my tongueĪll that impedes thee from the golden round, What thou art promis'd: yet do I fear thy nature She therefore proceeds with some doubt, yet determined: Is a delightful astonishment to her, as King Duncan has two sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, both loyal But the sovereignty of Scotland, though Macbeth is related to the King, This last title she might likely expect for Macbeth owing to the rebellion of its unfortunate owner, who was ofĬourse proclaimed a traitor. Therefore exclaims eagerly to herself, as if addressing him: Of Glamis he possessed before, but he and she now foresee or expect the two future distinctions, and she Their telling him he will become King of Scotland and be previously made Lord of Cawdor. She reads in her husband's castle a letter from him announcing his strange meeting with the witches, Prophecy, she resolves to persuade Macbeth to remove every obstacle to its fulfillment. Husband's becoming king, and, though they never suggested crime as necessary to confirm their For she thoroughly believes the witches' prediction about her Shall never leave Macbeth's castle alive. ![]() Directly she hears of the King's visit, she resolves in her own mind that he ![]() Without a particle of his loyalty to the King, which prevents his following her counsels as speedily andĮagerly as she wishes. Although a bold, ambitious, worldly woman, she from the first believes them, implicit faith in witchcraft and magic beingĮvidently general, if not universal, in Scotland at this period. Lady Macbeth hears both of the coming royal visit, and also of the appearance and words of the three witches. Lady Macbeth From Shakespeare Studied in Six Plays by Albert Stratford George Canning.
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