 t then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man ; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time, nor place, Did then adhere, and yet you would make both : They have made themselves,...  The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere - Page 562by William Shakespeare - 1851Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1883 - 1042 pages
...required. " Lihe the poor cat. The adage wu, " The cat wonld eat flsh. and wonld not wet her feet." That made you break this enterprise to me ? When you...man ; And. to be more than what you were, you would 50 Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both : They... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Hugh Black-Hawkins - 1992 - 68 pages
...become a man. Who dares do more is none. Lady Macbeth. What beast was it, then, That made you break the enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were...than what you were, you would Be so much more the man .... I have given suck, and know How tender 't is to love the babe that milks me; I would while it... | |
 | Clive Barker, Simon Trussler - 1992 - 100 pages
...of Duncan: MACBETH: I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none. LADY MACBETH: What beast was 't then, That made you break this enterprise...durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more that what you were, you would Be so much more the man. (I, vii, 46-51) Nor do Macbeth's soliloquies... | |
 | Robert P. Merrix, Nicholas Ranson - 1992 - 320 pages
...highly, / That wouldst thou holily" (1.5.20-21). After he has faltered for the first time she says, "When you durst do it, then you were a man; / And,...what you were, you would / Be so much more the man" (1.7.49-51). She argues that by intensifying his manly qualities he will be more masculine.2 Macbeth... | |
 | Brian Vickers - 1994 - 532 pages
...inhuman'. This is the sense in which Lady Macbeth takes it in her scornful reply: What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When...what you were, you would Be so much more the man. (47ff ) Her riddling and specious reply also takes 'man' in the sense of 'virile, courageous', and... | |
 | Mark Jay Mirsky - 1994 - 182 pages
...echo. Macb. I dare do all that may become a man. Who dares do more is none. Lady. What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When...what you were, you would Be so much more the man. (1.7.51-57) Macbeth will responds to this, finally, with a bizarre admiration, one that for the first... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1997 - 76 pages
...MACBETH: Prithee peace. I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. LADY MACBETH: What beast was' t then That made you break this enterprise...what you were, you would Be so much more the man. ACT 2 Macbeth had decided to kill King Duncan. He thought he could see a dagger hanging in front of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1997 - 308 pages
...esteem, Letting I dare not wait upon I would, Like the poor cat i'th'adage? . . . What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When...what you were, you would Be so much more the man. ('.7.35-45, 47-5')' As motivation, these lines ally Lady Macbeth with the sisters, and early audiences... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - 1997 - 380 pages
...me?! She gripped Macbeth on the shoulder, almost at the throat, and he was on the way to submission. When you durst do it, then you were a man! And, to...what you were, you would Be so much more the man! . . . (Mary was amused afterward when one member of the audience praised her for "going straight for... | |
 | Ralph Berry - 1999 - 244 pages
...peace! I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. Lady Macbeth. What beast was't, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When...what you were, you would Be so much more the man. (1.7.46-52) A man acts: and action is validated by the sexual approval of his mate. Macbeth's perception... | |
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