This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...into act, in the murders of Duncan and Banquo, while the fulfilment of the first two of the witches' prophecies, at the end of the same scene, serves to emphasize their authority. From this G point through to the turning-point we have a series of scenes, each of which advances the action somewhat, each carries ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...into act, in the murders of Duncan and Banquo, while the fulfilment of the first two of the witches' prophecies, at the end of the same scene, serves to emphasize their authority. From this G point through to the turning-point we have a series of scenes, each of which advances the action somewhat, each carries Macbeth and his wife more and more irretrievably forward along the path they have chosen. The only exception is Act II, Scene 4, which is, also, the only one which does not bring forward one or both the protagonists. The scene is perhaps introduced to suggest the beginning of the return action, and, rather curiously, it is balanced by Act IV, Scene 1, where Macbeth's baleful activity overlaps into the return action. This is only another instance of the singularly symmetrical structure of the play.1 But the rising action ought also to introduce the opposing forces and make the audience familiar with the characters in which they are embodied, although it is left for the second part of the play to give them greater prominence. Thus, the flight of Malcolm to safety in England hints at a future opponent to Macbeth; Macduff's refusal to go to the coronation of Macbeth at Scone is significant; the failure to kill Fleance suggests the possibility of further checks; the refusal of Macduff to come to court emphasizes his hostility already shadowed. By this means we are prepared for the return action even before it has actually set in; we are constantly reminded that this seeming success is perhaps only strengthening the hand of avenging fate, that "God is not mocked"; and we are thus, in the 1 Cf. supra, p. 70. first part, kept from forgetting what in the second part is to be borne in upon us with tremendous force, namely, the universality...
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