Macbeth Act 1 Scene 7 part 1
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- Act 1 Scene 7
- I have no reason to spur myself to act on my desires other than ambition, which makes people leap into action and into tragedy.Pity, like an innocent newborn baby, will ride the wind like a winged angel, or on invisible horses through the air, to spread news of the horrible deed across the land, so that a flood of tears will fall from the sky. Besides, Duncan has been such a humble leader—so honest and free from corruption—that his virtues will make angels sing for him and cry out like trumpets against his murder. The king trusts me twice over: first, I am his kinsman and his subject. Second, I am his host, and should be closing the door to any murderer rather than trying to murder him myself. Justice, being even-handed, forces the cup we poisoned and gave to others back to our own lips. Violent acts only teach others to commit violence thin it—then the act would be the be-all and end-all of the whole affair. If this will really all be over once it’s done, then it would be best to get it over with quickly.
- We’ll go no further with this plan. He has recently honored me, and I have earned the good opinions of all sorts of people. I should be basking in my new honor and position, not throwing it aside so quickly.
- Don't you know he has?
- He's almost finished dinner, why have you left the dining room?
- Has He asked for me?
- What's the news?
- Were you drunk when you were so hopeful earlier? Did you then go to sleep, and wake up sick and pale in fear of what we planned before? From this point on I will see your love in a new way. Are you afraid to act on your desires? Will you take the thing you want more than anything else? Or will you live as a coward in your own mind, always saying “I can’t” after you say “I want to?” You’re like the poor cat in the old story, who wants to eat fish but refuses to get its feet wet.
- I beg you, no more! I dare to do only what’s appropriate for a man to do. Anyone who dares to do more is not a real man at all.
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