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" Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. "
The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections ... - Page 191
by William Shakespeare - 1793
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The Heroic Idiom of Shakespearean Tragedy

James C. Bulman - 1985 - 276 pages
...the sticking place: 'Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. Now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. (3.2.387-91) If his purpose is too easily diverted—"Soft,...
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Hamlet

William Shakespeare - 1992 - 196 pages
...friends. 3,2 102 3,2 'Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. Now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. Soft, now to my mother. 0 heart, lose not thy...
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Ideological Approaches to Shakespeare: The Practice of Theory

Robert P. Merrix, Nicholas Ranson - 1992 - 320 pages
...can hardly be done — Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. Now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. (3.2.379-83)— like Hamlet, Lady Macbeth centers...
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Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text

Kristin Linklater - 1992 - 236 pages
...into terrifying verse: 'Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. Now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. Soft, now to my mother. 0 heart, lose not thy...
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Some Necessary Questions of the Play: A Stage-centered Analysis of ...

Robert E. Wood - 1994 - 188 pages
...oath (III.ii.388-99). Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. Now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. (IH.ii.388-91) To the extent that the speech...
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Shakespeare's World of Death: The Early Tragedies

Richard Courtney - 1995 - 274 pages
...threatening midnight: 'Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. Now could I drink hot blood And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. (395-399) But he has a duty to do: Soft, now...
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Shakespeare and the Mannerist Tradition: A Reading of Five Problem Plays

Jean-Pierre Maquerlot - 1995 - 220 pages
...imprecations of villains? Tis now the very witching time of night When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. Now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. 1 1 1, ii, 379-83 Passion has overcome reason....
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Brightest Heaven of Invention: A Christian Guide to Six Shakespeare Plays

Peter J. Leithart - 1996 - 288 pages
...finally alone, he says: 'Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. Now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. (3.2.408-412) Soon he will do bitter business...
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Hamlet

1996 - 264 pages
...unpleasant. HAMLET 'Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world Now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. Soft, now to my mother. He says this with ominous...
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Semiotics of Language, Literature, and Culture

Vennelaṇṭi Prakāśam - 1999 - 186 pages
...remembered (3.1: 56-89) vii. 'Tis now the very witching time of night When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world; now could I drink hot blood And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on: soft, now to my mother. 0 heart, lose not thy...
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