| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 148 pages
...later, Sir, Ban. Hold, take my sword : There's husbandry in heaven, Their candles are all out. — Take thee that too. A heavy summons lies like lead...me the cursed thoughts, That nature gives way to in repose ! Give me my sword : Who's there ? /. 532. — BEND UP] A metaphor taken from the drawing of... | |
| Kenneth Muir, Philip Edwards - Literary Criticism - 1977 - 116 pages
...and the opposites are frequently juxtaposed : Thij supernatural ^fa^ Cannot be ill; cannot be good. Merciful powers Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose ! It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. Several critics have pointed out the... | |
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 2014 - 236 pages
...'tis later, sir. Banquo Hold, take my sword. There's husbandry in heaven, 5 Their candles are all out. Take thee that too. A heavy summons lies like lead...me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose! Give me my sword. 10 Who's there? [Enter Macbeth, and a Servant with a torch. ] Macbeth A friend.... | |
| Kent T. Van den Berg - Drama - 1985 - 204 pages
...(II.i.50-51). Much as he would like to, Banquo cannot avoid falling into this nocturnal subjective realm: A heavy summons lies like lead upon me, And yet I...me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose. (II.i.6-9) Moral autonomy in the absence of a sustaining natural or social order is difficult—perhaps... | |
| John R. Briggs - Drama - 1988 - 82 pages
...heavy drowsiness lies like lead upon me, and yet I would not sleep. (BANQUO chants a prayer to Buddha.) Merciful powers! restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature gives way to in repose. (MACBETH steps from his shadowed listening place. BANQUO hears the movement, quickly takes... | |
| Harald William Fawkner - Drama - 1990 - 276 pages
...seconds earlier: Hold, take my sword. — There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out. — Take thee that too. A heavy summons lies like lead...me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose! — Give me my sword. (2.1.4-9) It should be said, first, that Banquo's "cursed thoughts" hardly... | |
| William Shakespeare - Historical drama, English - 1998 - 276 pages
...later, sir. BANQUO Hold, take my sword.—There's husbandry in Heaven, Their candles are all out.—Take thee that too.— A heavy summons lies like lead upon...me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose. Enter Macbeth, and a Servant with a torch Who's there? MACBETH A friend. BANQUO —Give me... | |
| Jeffrey N. Cox, Larry J. Reynolds, Larry John Reynolds - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 360 pages
...then you were a man" (1.7.49). If you are worried about "interior temptation," fear your own dreams: "Merciful powers, / Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature / Gives way to in repose" (2.1.7-9). If you are anxious about your future, scrutinize your best friends: "He was a gentleman... | |
| Marcus Noll - Dreams in literature - 1994 - 184 pages
...Ermordung nicht zur Ruhe begeben, ohne die himmlischen Mächte um Schutz vor sich selbst anzuflehen: A heavy summons lies like lead upon me, And yet I...me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose. (Macbeth, H.1,6-9)46 Obwohl von den Strapazen des Tages stark ermüdet ("heavysummons"), betrachtet... | |
| Brian Vickers - 1995 - 585 pages
...474f. 1 Aeneid, 4.593f.: 'Go, fetch fire in haste, serve weapons'. 1 Cf. Steevens above, p. 498. — Merciful powers Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose.] throughout the play. ' While Macbeth himself in the midst of the horrors of his guilt still... | |
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