New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-18
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
MACBEEH AND LADY MACBETH.
FOURTH LECTURE OF THE REV JOIN "T'o'

FOURTH LECTURE OF THE REV. JOHN "h'''
John Weiss delivered last mgnt' DIT '"o
Union League Theater, the fourth lecture q, u's
.n shate,po.res characters, taking for his suoJeot
.ua.hsth and Lady Macbeth" He said. substantially
rnere was critic OF the tragedy who supposed the
arst meeting the witches Immediately ioiowea ny
second homogeneous as not TO De OF shakespe"
Sut the OF the witches should have sung Oh axes
p~arcs purpose into his the httnS ntrodieu Of
great crime and atoaement The witches 'Nre not
secoys from another world TO lure him ato crime.
Taey were his own intentions grown so raveuous as
10 shape themselves TO tho Ike the banquet APP
pesriug TO the starving man. The old tradition Is
transformed by Shakespeare iYto psychological pur
peso They are hays ridrOg on broOmstcks TO Mac
heih but they sink hog when Macbeth Is not on
the scene Such they apr ear to BanQlo The edriteh
women are the nearest intmatons Macbeth has OF the
Supernatural. When he is absent we hear them tell
their trumperv exploits When no enters THIS CHASTITY
twsAdIe hushed by the domneelnG tone when geets
au with ali hail hereafter! No court has auhor,y TO
Pot poet on oath to Justify his every line. We need
net strain Shakespeare page accommodate 1t to
Vows II he satisfy US at Macbeth AMI his wife had
xiae their plans before he wrote heu his witches may
&c what We or Macbeth make them
After Macbeth has had the vision OF Bauquos line Of
rpgs ard he hears that Macdn has escaped he OXIDES
himself that time anticipates his deed He slaushters
Aacdae's wits and children TO his own injury He
grows fcversh. He chdes himself for his hesitation
He Will have no more sights. That is key 10 his CHAR
sctcr He is cured OF his past Authorizations But
meanwhile II he who sent those witches 10 the
blasted heath. They can appear only when bis eVl-
hroodur gathers and swes big Tor his brain. burst
ing It's barriers become external Alter the murder
OF Duncan these visions disappear TO be replaced by
other Authorizations His crimes become ocular vista
Murder MscOeths owner before he Is conscious
be Is the chattcl OF his wies criminal intentions
The visionary dagger shaped Of the metal Of bis own
plastic mind. When Macbeth fashions something out o.
lie ia daunted. but Whf some
phenomenon srlses outside OF this plastic power
be is puzzled he is when DuDHnane Wood
moves But the appartiOn OF the witches
scarcely lliI his He says, calmly. speak II thou
iabed The dagger that waves fore him in the heated
does not surprise hun He is ouly surprised when
he finds tho solid dagger at his side. IL seemed 30
clearly cut ms mind before 1t disappeared that lie
speech at the banquet scene. The IN that scene
need strain himself 10 express Intense terror at the
ghost Of RarqdO. He is not distilled to jelly by
the apparalIon snUly maznd by the quick repro
ductoo the assassin has just put into his mud
lie even threaten Banguo HIS wife chides him for
ms NEGLECT OF his guests HIS challenge TO Btuquo then
act the Orayado oil the man VINO seehs 10 keep ms
courage up Shakespeare would nave Us undtF.. lhu
that Macbeth familiar with these manifestations
=" suahcspcarc 10 oreaK nun uoNh ~
again and where he viii he most effective. Macbeth
rccoycr- He l. in mood to banter IN his crime.
But tins uses NJ Ills power OF resistance me 81 swer TO
Tue rapid action Of the earlier shows that the
HmDt0hs had ouc been bOine between tue hasOaud Il
and wife, only Naitiuc for occ son. Macbe;h Is salts
ned he l. AZ IN all respects for Duncsns place, lacking
only opportunity. His wife has been has COMPLIANT. We
hear conferences without playing edVcsdrOpper.
He encourages revere She strives = chlst~e II INTO
actiou with her loving tongue. Pleased with day
dreams carries n 10 action. DlspetSed Win
the she still has TO wait for opportunity.
mind lacked the coupling between wishing and
sCtion. The subtle Hamlet hngered choice OF plans
but the coar=er Macbeth. when once linked 10 action.
buufcrcd On with fun head of steam.
fac ana noble disposition breaks through the clouds
Of Mtchrtu'S moral cnara ter On many points. III,
recognition Of ms duty 10 Duncan, ms regard Tor ma
tuTc. noble regrets. Wh. sort OF woman must she
have uccn who. when love struggling with despair,
HIM his speech 10 the physician. III he had
married the f-Ina butcher. whose type st lives n
thcatcrs. there would have been need OF ply
stefan 10 cure her mind.