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Despair thy charm; And let the angel whom thou still hast serv’d Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother’s womb Untimely ripp’d. Catholic doctrine teaches now a non classical version of the creation of man and one very different from the narrative of Genesis. They teach that God did not make Adam from dust but that God took an ape or monkey or whatever and infused into it the immortal soul, --they call this process ensoulment. According to this, Adam and Eve were only upgraded monkeys taken away from their parents, placed in a garden, infused with an immortal soul (ensoulment) and told not to eat the fruit of a particular tree. Regrettably the immortal monkeys did what mortal monkeys do and ate of the fruit that tree. The upgraded monkeys were expelled from the garden and returned to the jungle from where they had come. Since the parents of Adam and Eve were mortal monkeys, were the ancestors of every human that has ever lived also mortal monkeys? |
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. . . she wanted him to be king hereafter (I.iii.50) "We have scorched the snake, not killed it./ She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice / Remains in danger of her former tooth" III.11.13-15. Centre of play is pivotal point and down he goes. Ever wondered why Lady Mabeth hath no name but Lady Macbeth? Very telling of the nature of the play. Never heard that one, thank you. |
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Lady Macbeth so was equal to Volumnia from Rome who's name echo's the volume of infinity as the mother to Coriolanus, who is the final victor in faith-without-reason, while Lady Macbeth was the duffy dozer loser that Lady Macduff represents as her wisdom all the way from Scotland via this 'gentlewoman' on her side, and dreamed about her all the time whith this 'little light at night' always burning beside her bed, and so Scotland here was much like Egypt was to Nazareth in the mind of Matthew's Jesus, who so was from his mother's womb untimely ripped . . . and back to purging he went and there finally said "Oh, no more [by inference]" and by the iron sword of Macduff he died instead in the line "And damned be him who first cries 'Hold enough'" (V.viii.34) to cf with 'the unconsious surrender' of Aufidius in "O, no more, no more!" (V.iii.87) in Coriolanus, who so died by the sword of love that Volumia had bestowed on him. Then notice that Coriolanus was the victor here and Volumia was his mother from Rome (faith) engaged in the life of Aufidius, who was the leader of the Volcians and a riot of his own, married to virgin Virgilia who stood behind him as in always with great valor and Valeria as friend. So these plays present the qualities of life that guide us home in destiny and so in 'life unfolding' which was Rome for Aufidius in comedy, and was suicide gained from Scotland in tragedy. This has nothing to say about the English, the Scots or the Romans per se, but about truth reinforced by mores to find destiny in the mind of the beholder, and there find rest in eternity in a life that says 'well done.' Notice please: Volumina, Virgilia and Valeria are beautiful names indeed, and now shows why Lady Macbeth was no more than that. |
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It would be better to discuss Macbeth in another forum if you are willing. Perhaps the relevant posts could be moved to the world history section? |
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This can be moved to E if you want.
I don't know why people are replying. Could someone explain? |
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And no, no Shakespeare classes here and I am done with it. But anyway, you now also know why Matthew's Joseph hauled ass getting back to Egypt again and left Mary and her Child behind so he could shake his head and think 'that the heck was that,' and was still shaking when the Magi came. |
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