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...murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, 55 With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design...whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, eo Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives; Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives....

...celebrates Pale Hecat's off'rings; and wither'd Murther, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With...earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear The very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits...

...before the murder of Duncan, Macbeth makes an effort to extract complicity from the very earth itself: Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps which...present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. (Macbeth 2.1.56-60) By the time Banquo's ghost appears at the banquet Macbeth is convinced that...

...celebrates Pale Hecate's off'rings; and withered Murder, Alarumed by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With...present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives: 60 Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. ['a bell rings'...

...44-74; John Arthos, 'The Naive Imagination and the Destruction of Macbeth', ELH, xiv (1947), 114-26. M With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design...present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. (11.1.49-60) The figure of the wolf is appropriate, for here Macbeth allies himself with the destroyer...

...proceeds to imitate. The reference to Murder's 'pace' and 'stride' leads naturally to Macbeth's own steps: Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps which...present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. (lines 56-60) The psychological and mimetic process by which the actor can become a murderer has...

...pace, WithTarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for...present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives: Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. A BELL RINGS I go,...

...witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecat's offerings; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With...present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. Jetzt scheint die eine Erdenhälfte todt, Und böse Träume schrecken hinterm Vorhang Den unbeschützten...

...celebrates Pale Hecat's off'rings, and wither'd Murther, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With...Hear not my steps, which [way they] walk, for fear The very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits...