...saucy doubts and fears. Macbeth — Macbeth III.iv I have liv'd long enough: my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf; And that which should...Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. Macbeth — Macbeth V.iii I have fled myself; and have instructed cowards To run and show their shoulders....

...cheer me ever, or disseat me now. I have liv'd long enough: my way of life Is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf; And that which should accompany old...Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. (V.iii.20-28) The way of life he has led is the life of a man who dies young, not the way of life of...

...passages of a sublimely confessional, yet unrepentant, tone: My way of life Is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf; And that which should accompany old...Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. (v. iii. 22) Then, later, even more famous: She should have died hereafter. There would have been a...

...selfknowledge, attains grace. He knows that he must forfeit 'honour' and all things of concord and life: . . . that which should accompany old age, As honour, love,...Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. (v. iii. 24) 1 This opposition of 'grace' and 'evil' I have already observed in The Wheel of Fire....

...suddenly changes. I am sick at heart... I have lived long enough. My way of life Isfall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf, And that which should accompany old...Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. I'm so tired. I've had enough. It's all over. Everything's turned rotten. I have none of the things...

...yellow leaf; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, 25 I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses,...would fain deny, and dare not. Seyton! Enter SEYTON SEYTON What's your gracious pleasure? MACBETH What news more? 30 SEYTON All is confirmed, my lord,...

...other productions when he says: [130] I have liv'd long enough: my way of life Is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf; And that which should accompany old...Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. (V. Hi. 22-8) We have seen the community from which Macbeth divorces himself. The production studies...

...My way of life Is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf, And that which should accompany old age, 25 As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must...poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. Seyton! E/iter Seyton Seyton 30 What's your gracious pleasure? Macbeth What news more? Seyton All is confirm'd,...

...disseat me now. I have lived long enough: my way of life Is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf, 20 And that which should accompany old age, As honour,...Which the poor heart would fain deny and dare not. Seton! SETON enters SETON What's your gracious pleasure? MACBETH What news more? 30 SETON All is confirmed,...

...in which the king is gloomily reflecting on what he has to look forward to for the rest of his life: And that which should accompany old age, As honour,...mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny but dare not. (Act V, Scene III, 11. 24-28) As king, Macbeth would normally expect courtesy; but having...