...again when Lady Macbeth dwells upon the same event in her apostrophe to the 'murth'ring ministers': Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke...through the blanket of the dark, To cry, 'Hold, hold!' 'Hell', 'pall', 'knife', 'dark' — 'The peculiar and appropriate dress for Tragedy is a pall and a...

...equal part in Duncan's murder, blocking all natural scruples, turning her life-giving milk bitter, 'That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, /Nor...through the blanket of the dark, /To cry, "Hold, hold!" ' (1.5.40-54). Lady Macbeth also perverts the meaning of manhood as a way of taunting her husband with...

...speech (which he errs in attributing to Macbeth), is a passage most apposite to the present inquiry: Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke...That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heav'n peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry, Hold ! Hold ! (i, v, 51-5) Apart from the subtle...

...would one read? Did vengeance tempt her? Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of Ml, that my keen knife see not the wound it makes, nor...through the blanket of the dark to cry, "Hold, hold!" She forbore to dagger the cad, though some would have spared him not. Rather, Patti LuPone wrecked...

...the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see. (1.4.50-53); Lady Macbeth. Come, thick night. And pall thee in the dunnest smoke...hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes. (1.5.50-52) Ironically, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth do end up in effect acting with their eyes closed...

...i, 63). LADY MACBETH Let us now proceed to Lady Macbeth. Here too the dark, demonic theme is strong. "Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke...hell, that my keen knife see not the wound it makes" (i, v, 51). Some of her images echo Macbeth's 'Gothic' imagery. "The raven himself is hoarse that croaks...

...peace between Th 'effect and it. Come to my woman 's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You...through the blanket of the dark To cry 'Hold, hold!' she gave the impression that she was asking the spirits to help her, not commanding them. She was restrained,...

...Wherever, in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief. Come, thick night, And pall me in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see...through the blanket of the dark, To cry 'Hold, hold!' (Macbeth I 5 38-52) She becomes more and more unnatural and counsels her husband to do the same. 'Look...

...between 45 The effect and it. Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You...night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, 50 That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,...

...Scene 5, Lady Macbeth prays: Come, thick Night, And pall thee in the dünnest smoke of Hell, That rny keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor Heaven...through the blanket of the dark, To cry, 'Hold, hold!' (lines 49-53) Again, exactly like her husband, she prays that the powers of good, represented by light,...