 The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be, Which the eye fears, when it is...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Seite 6311849Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Norman Rabkin - 1981 - 176 Seiten
...son that triggers a murderous impulse, providing the context for the explicit resolve noted above. The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step On which I must fall down, or else o'er leap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires. . . . Since, as Bullough observes, "the reasons... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2014 - 236 Seiten
...The hearing of my wife with your approach; So humbly take my leave. Duncan My worthy Cawdor! Macbeth The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step On which I must fall down, or else o'er-leap, 42 Macbeth [Bowing] Service to you as a loyal subject is its own reward. Your Highness must accept... | |
 | John R. Briggs - 1988 - 82 Seiten
...ALL SAMURAI, (dropping to the Samurai bow) Hah! MACBETH, (from his place in hiding) Jodai of Kyoto! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o'er leap, for in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires.... | |
 | Michael E. Mooney - 1990 - 260 Seiten
...now that Duncan has named Malcolm heir to the throne, he can overcome that obstacle. "That," he says, "is a step / On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, / For in my way it lies." He asks his "eye" to "wink" at the actions of his "hand" but knows that he should "let that be / Which... | |
 | Rebecca Sheinberg - 2013 - 90 Seiten
...conflict for Macbeth as Malcolm is another obstacle to overcome toward his goal to succeed Duncan as king. The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step On which...fall down or else o'erleap For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let no light see my black and deep desires. Duncan plans to visit Inverness,... | |
 | Russ McDonald - 1994 - 324 Seiten
...like "Welsh people's place" and has nothing to do with encumbrances, is immediately described as such: "The Prince of Cumberland — that is a step / On...fall down or else o'erleap, / For in my way it lies" (1.4.48-50). In those lines, the pattern in "come"-related language intersects with a pattern of references... | |
 | Ewald Standop - 1995 - 172 Seiten
...für die ich plädiere, wird auch außer acht gelassen, wenn es in einer Seminararbeit zu der Stelle The Prince of Cumberland! - That is a step On which...fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. - (I.4.48ff.) heißt, das benutzte Bild entspräche hervorragend dem Denken Macbeths. Das "Denken'... | |
 | Peter J. Leithart - 1996 - 288 Seiten
...lap, so he will have to seize it. He realizes that the elevation of Malcolm to Prince of Cumberland is a "step on which I must fall down, or else o'erleap" (1.4.48-49), something that will frustrate his ambitions if he does not find a way around it. In the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1997 - 308 Seiten
...succession, the quasi-primogeniture of Duncan's naming Malcolm Prince of Cumberland, as the obstacle: 'that is a step / On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, / For in my way it lies' (i.4.48-50). Duncan the metaphorical father-king has created a metaphorical son-successor - has combined... | |
 | John Spencer Hill - 1997 - 224 Seiten
...renewed determination to gain, by any means necessary, the regal future promised by the weird sisters: "The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step / On which I must fall down or else o'erleap" (1.4.48-9). Lady Macbeth, of course, is waiting restlessly in the wings to assist him in this resolve;... | |
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