Questions by yweimann - Page 49
Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 7 of The Tragedy of Macbeth.Lady Macbeth. We fail!But screwyour courage to the sticking-place,And well not fail. When Duncan is asleep,Whereto the rather shall his days hard journeySoundly invite him, his two chamberlainsWill I with wine and wassail so convinceThat memory, the warder of the brain,Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reasonA limbeck only; when in swinish sleepTheir drenched natures lie, as in a death,What cannot you and I perform uponThe unguarded Duncan? what not put uponHis spongy officers, who shall bear the guiltOf our great quell?In which lines does Lady Macbeth best create pathos?But screwyour courage to the sticking-place, / And well not fail.When Duncan is asleep, / Whereto the rather shall his days hard journey / Soundly invite himWhat cannot you and I perform upon / The unguarded Duncan?what not put upon / His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt / Of our great quell?