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and nutipathy to acticn almost as marked as Ham
lel's. When, however, the 'tweird sisters, " aided
By the inspiration OF his ambitions and wholly un-
scrupuous wife tempted him to commit his first and
rrcatcst crime he piyee himself uureseryedly into
.1" e1"e, az 1'a "a.t.;a,r d,.s ovhih,t
the'f aanos' nence1oF'n nc sett4'lt'y aoso e@o.
death does not shake, At the end be SAYS:
Yet Will try the LIST. Before nv body
thrpw nv warliEe shield; lay on. KacduG
And dAnln'd be him that d rst cries, Hold! enough.
Lody Macbeth. on tho other hand, possesses q
r,,,..;.,;at;. .h,r,h h,ch,v a,,otionnl natnre
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that energy Of will which is peculiar to such char
acters. and to the female sex generally. Whether
In Times pood s. had. thew give themselves M
with the whole heart ana soul To inc OBJECT Oh tel
desire. To Lady Macbeth there simply WIS decd
to be done which would secure to her the Ground
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up the consequence, aud catca VIII hls euscease
SUCCESS" She SO ''poured her spirits In bis car,
and chast1s~d with t1e valor of her tongue oil that
s..nsIas III, frc,, tha r,.l1cn ronnd which fate
nma Psqe metanhx.,ca1 @ ' rid did SEEM to hsye him
crowned" as to trausfusc into the ctrcn-
1at,on of Macbtfh,f moral constitution that
fell purpose Of the will to which her more femi-
nine natnre was capable OF giving olf'h' ou1 "o1
prolonged sustentation. Her delicate frame is
filed With nm emotional energy too high strung for
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intensity Of an ascetc. She yields tono weak pa!-
teriue with conscience, as does her lord. Yer her
woman's and her constitutional weakness will not
olinw her to stab Duncan. she is appalled, bv the
on,tn Of blood that flowed from the old man. She
swonns and IA lmrne away iusensiblc when Mac
1~tI ennn1,nces Iii. hnfcherv of Duucau's crooms.
A. ionr M It Is supported by her physical frame
she has strength Of viii enough 10 serve for two
hs ran annnort herself unon the external facts apd
st,rrouudngs her more powerful Willis capable Ut
preserving he equipoise OF life, which Macbeth
Snds # 81 ai;iicnIt 70 susta;n. In d word. Lady
Hrci-h hsd the desire and the will to conceive
ite mnrlcr bnt lacked Tie moral courage and
the the PHI seal endurance which were SC necessary to
ing.
T;s view Of the natures and capacities Of the two
central figures in the tragedy necessarily comedies
rient in consccuce, at the same time TINT It {nds
no niace in ths constitution Of his wife's moral
of that 1ss a9 t tsn
that ore fruc hpnrst nure lovely he Is not vet In
s1iiance xit6 the nnwers of eW III. conscience
Ms f rs as It 9
fxeen Ti1fne md yce Unlike lis wife. who il a.
,nost aitossther material. he is highly and ercta-
hi s.,ao;i,a+;'. IL rasoiwaa M fu,ters IN view
of acian lie r. restrained by one consideration or
unnth"r h. his fars and then hs inecrinc and
i,nnnrfoct rotns tnwards Iovaltv to lis sovereign
and TO an honorable life. -Uac6eh has in him.
mentally and morally. the materials Tor great
MAN. Like all great men. too, he has amaztns
apt1tudes for goodness and appalling capacities Tor
crime. 1t Is through this indifference, as between
virtue md wee, through the weakness OF bis con-
science, that he falls and IL , lost.
II will be remembered that conscience as the rae"
nifty, power, or principle which decides on the law
fulness o. nnlawfuness OF our aet1ons ana enec-
tons, anu approves Or conuemns tnem. II Is cohse"
quently IN attribute o1 the 1ntellcct or reason'
rather than OF the emotions or passions ana a1ec-
tons "a lacnlty OF Inc mae latneE lhan ol the 1e
male mental and moral constitution: Shakspcafe
Is rlstdly true 10 correct nsycholoS1cal pflncpes
when he thus represents AacofA falling, mainly
through the persession q Inc conscience, ana MS
vile altosetheF 1nfousn the pei'ers'on OF the emo
t'onal nature: In true woman. me emotlons,
whether good Or evil almost invariably osefocar
the intellectual! faculties. She does not reason
upon the right or wrong q IN acI WIN
her to perceive ts forthwith 10 decides to decide IS
to act She instinctively acts, whether from the
promptinss OF her higher or lower nature,-fFom
!he inspiration Of the sweet air. Of Heaven o. the
foul blasts Of Hel or as Shakespeare evidently IN
tends to teach. from the hEst to the last OF this
play, from tue dlfect inspiration OF gooa or eFl!
spirits. Note that terrible invocation Of inc estl
spirits Of the neither world IN which Lazy lacbFth
cries. as from the very depths OF her vanlt'ngy
ambitious soul, ''Come, come You spirits that
tend on mortal thoughts. unse1 me here
The entire invocation is that cruelty may pc sub
stituted for mercy In her heart Ihus that her
affections may be MetamorphoScd into direst pas