 All causes shall give way ; I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted, ere they may be scann'd.  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 6491849Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 428 pages
...that Rosse understood Macbeth to speak of more objects than one. Lastly, when Macbeth afterwards says, I am in blood Slept in so far, that should I wade no more Returning were as tedious as go o'er ; it seems as if the visions he had just witnessed had brought both his great victims to his remembrance,... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Great Britain - 1845 - 444 pages
...every , man of principle. Like Macbeth, who, , after having murdered Duncan and Banquo, exclaims, " I am in blood Slept in so far, that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious лs go o'er ;" so they find themselves inclined to proceed, from a want of Courage to retrace their... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 390 pages
...Macbeth to speak of more objects than one. Lastly, when Macbeth afterwards says, I am in blood Stept in so far, that should I wade no more Returning were as tedious as go o'er; it seems as if the visions he had just witnessed had brought both his great victims to his remembrance,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - Azerbaijan - 1847 - 506 pages
...By the worst means, the worst : for mine own good, All causes shall give way ; I am in blood Stept in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted, ere they may be scann'd '.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 514 pages
...know By the worst means, the worst that can befall me : All Causes shall give way; I am in Blood Stept in so far, that should I wade no more, Returning were as bad, as to go o're. Lady M3. You lack the season of all Natures, sleep. Macb. Well I'le in And rest;... | |
 | Arthur F. Kinney - Drama - 2001 - 358 pages
...blood of legitimate royalty will overpower his own. That is why "1 am in blood / Slept in so farre, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go ore: / Strange things I haue in head, that will to hand, / Which must be acted, ere they maybe scand"... | |
 | G. Wilsin Knight - Drama - 2002 - 368 pages
...all things but his own safety : For mine own good, All causes shall give way: I am in blood Stepn'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er. (in. iv. 1 35) A vast sea of blood and crime. So, addressing the mysterious sisters of evil in their... | |
 | Zoltan Kovecses - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 303 pages
...largely characterized by paths and containers. For example, Macbeth says: "I am in blood / Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er" (3.4.136-138). The path of Macbeth's career requires him to return, but he cannot anymore. Now what... | |
 | Mary Ann McGrail - Drama - 2002 - 200 pages
..."confusion of the brain."4 After his murders of Duncan and Banquo, Macbeth finds himself "in blood/Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, /Returning were as tedious as go o'er" (III. iv. 135-137). He resigns himself stoically to stand firm through what may be eternal torment... | |
 | Millicent Bell - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 316 pages
...the comment he makes after the banquet attended by Banquo's ghost in Act III: I am in blood Stepped in so far that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er. Strange things I have in head that will to hand, Which must be acted ere they may be scanned. . . .... | |
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