The cry of her women and the brief report of her death, - nothing It is worth noting how little is said of Lady Macbeth. To trust henceforth to the- strength of his own arm and to die, if needs be, with harness on his back, he sallies out to meet the foe. He begins at last to realize that the powers of evil have been deceiving him, and with a sudden resolution He even seems to contemplate suicide, when the shock of the messenger's report brings Deserted by his followers,įorced to await the attack of his enemies instead of meeting them "dareful, beard to beard," he is plunged into still greater miseryīy the news of his wife's sudden death. In this scene more perhaps than in any other of the play the poet arouses our sympathy for Macbeth. Ring the alarum-bell! Blow, wind! come, wrack!Īt least we'll die with harness on our back.įrom Macbeth. There is nor flying hence nor tarrying here.Īnd wish the estate o' the world were now undone. That lies like truth: 'Fear not, till Birnam woodĬomes toward Dunsinane. Till famine cling thee: if thy speech be sooth, Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, Within this three mile may you see it coming Let me endure your wrath, if't be not so: I look'd toward Birnam, and anon, methought, Thou comest to use thy tongue thy story quickly. Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player There would have been a time for such a word.Ĭreeps in this petty pace from day to dayĪnd all our yesterdays have lighted fools Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stirĪs life were in't: I have supp'd full with horrors ĭireness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts To hear a night-shriek and my fell of hair The time has been, my senses would have cool'd We might have met them dareful, beard to beard, Were they not forced with those that should be ours, Will laugh a siege to scorn: here let them lie The cry is still 'They come:' our castle's strength Hang out our banners on the outward walls Macbeth Please see the bottom of the page for full explanatory notes and helpful resources.Įnter MACBETH, SEYTON, and Soldiers, with drum Macbeth Act 5 Scene 5 - Macbeth finds out Lady Macbeth is dead
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