...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...

...towards the murder. Importantly this speech contains a vision of angels and of the heavens opening: 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 new-born babe,...

...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...

...of goodness, the force of which Macbeth recognises and takes into his calculation: Duncan Hath bonie his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great...his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongu'd. (I.vii.16-19) This prophecy is taken up in the later scenes of the play as the 'powers' (the word nearly...

...outbursts of Lear, and where but in Aeschylus do we find such metaphors as those in Macbeth's speech about pity, like a naked new-born babe Striding the blast,...cherubin hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air? But that is 'matter for another tale'. Was Shakespeare familiar with Horace's Odes? I can see no way...

...Strong both against the deed: then, as his host, 75 Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear is his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against 20 The deep...

...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, hath been 1 G. Wilson Knight, The Imperial Theme , pp. 125-55; LC Knights, 'How Many Children Had Lady Macbeth?"...

...subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan Hath...great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off . . . In this speech we see again Shakespeare's...

...Macbeth's soliloquy when he is contemplating whether to murder King Duncan, and fears the consequences. 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 new-born babe,...

...meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off; And...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...