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The problem was that MacBeth did not to kill the serpent represented by lady MacBeth who was on the forefront where she did not belong: We've scorched the snake, not killed it./ She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice/ remains in danger of her former tooth" (III.ii.13-15). This means that Macbeth would never be able to raise the serpent (into the upper room), and I think that her role play should have been usurped by lady MacDuff who only could have passified her determination to succeed and so agony prevailed until the bitter end in the mind of MacBeth/Lady MacBeth-- who hath no other name but lady Macbeth to indicate that she was of the same conscious mind as MacBeth (the structure of command was missing in the life of Macbeth). It's a nice play Mecca but too bad that it is a slam against the Church of England. |
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Anyway, here's the story: I spent several years in the USAF stationed in Charleston, SC, a coastal city that was devastated in 1989 by Hurricane Hugo. You'll still hear about it on many of the tours of the area's attractions. Anyway, I forget which year and what storm it was, but there was a good size hurricane heading towards the SC coast, due for a Monday/Tuesday arrival. So, sometime late morning of Sunday, the storm starts to turn towards the north, and we were spared the brunt of it. We still had some high winds and periods of heavy rain, but nothing the area isn't used to during severe thunderstorms. Wilmington, NC on the other hand, got heavily hit yet again with the full force of the storm as it came onshore. A week or two passes and someone writes a letter to the editor, which I'll briefly paraphrase here: "Gee. Wasn't it amazing how [the storm] turned away from us around 10am Sunday morning? And where were people at 10am on Sunday? At church, praying for the storm to spare us." Well, I'm chuckling reading this letter, which I then pass on to my wife, who doesn't claim any religion as her own, but is a theist, and she says, "Wow. I guess those people in Wilmington just weren't praying hard enough." HA HA HA! It was classic! That just helped reinforce to me the ineffectiveness of prayer. |
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My grandmother was a good woman in a lot of ways and had a positive impact on my life. She was also a racist, and I have no qualms about making fun of her for it. I'm not going to place her above criticism or mockery just because she's related to me.
Insisting that certain people should not be criticized because they deserve extra "honor" and "respect" is a common trick among authoritarian institutions who don't want people to question their leaders. Only when we understand that we are all human, and that a title, a uniform, or ceremonial regalia do not confer special rights, will we be free from tyranny. |
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