 | Robert Ornstein - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 318 pages
...should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan Hath born his faculties so meek; hath been So clear in his great...trumpet-tongued against The deep damnation of his taking off: And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim, horsed... | |
 | Bernice W. Kliman - Drama - 2004 - 260 pages
...enemies only after he is dead. But earlier, Macbeth himself praises the king when he debates killing him: this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath...great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongu'd, against The deep damnation of his taking-off. (I.vii.16-20) The words 'meek', 'clear'... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 900 pages
...taught return To plague th'inventor: this even-handed justice 10 Commends th'ingredience of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. He's here in double trust:...trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off 20 And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or Heaven's cherubin, horsed Upon the... | |
 | Tetsuo Kishi - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 167 pages
...with it. Take, for instance, the second half of Macbeth's 'If it were done when 'tis done' soliloquy: Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek,...naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or Heaven's cherubim, horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye That... | |
 | Irving Ribner - Art - 2005 - 232 pages
...in The Well Wrought Vrn (New York, 1947), pp. 43-44; Speaight, Nature in Shakespearian Tragedy, pp. So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will...naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim, horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That... | |
 | John Baxter - Drama - 2005 - 280 pages
...and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, is Who should against his murtherer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. Besides,...great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongu'd, against 20 The deep damnation of his taking-off ; And Pity, like a naked new-born... | |
 | T. R. Henn - Art - 2005 - 176 pages
...murder; dreading the supernatural vengeance that will follow the crime. Let us quote the whole passage: Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek,...great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels trumpet-tongu'd against The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked new-born babe,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 260 pages
...confusions, and a force neither divine nor wicked seems to choose him as the trumpet of its prophecy: Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek,...great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking off, And pity, like a naked newborn babe... | |
 | Jean Elizabeth Howard, Marion F. O'Connor - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 312 pages
...by Duncan's furthering of their designs; in soliloquy, he produces the saintly king - as a mirror. "This Duncan / Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath...office, that his virtues / Will plead like angels" (I. vii. 16-19). Duncan's polished surface: is it the representation of an absolute power or the mirror... | |
 | Alexander Leggatt - Drama - 2006 - 224 pages
...witness against him, and shows us that what really holds him back is the hideous vileness of the deed: He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman...naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim, horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That... | |
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He's here in double trust ; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed ; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek,... 
