The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-19

to plague the inventor" and he consoles
| his wife the inventor. And he says: 81
| have no spur to prick the sides Of III
! intent. but only vaulting ambition
Here he thinks to soothe himself wa
| the thought that it is only his ambitiq.
| which cause him to do this deed AND
that for his ambitions sake it is right
When the bell sounds and he goes tc
kill Duncan. he says. Il so. and It Il
| done: the bell invites me-" Hear it moi
Duncan. for it is a knell that summons
] thee to Heaven or to hell Here he
thinks not of himself or the terrible deed
he is about to do. but of the bell thai
summons thee to hell" After the deed
is done he has no genuine remorse. al
though he says. This is sorry sight, !, .
when he looks at his hands. and when
he tells of what the kings attendants
say in their sleep. there is no remorse.
only fear that he may be found out and
his ambition frustrated. :.
The first thing that strikes us in such
a character is the intense selfishness. the
total absence of both sympathetic feel
ing and moral principle. 1t is from mo
compunctous visitings of nature" but
from sheer moral cowardice, from fear
of retribution in this life that we find
has not religious seruples. he would risk
the world to come, if he were sure
he could escape in this world. but He
has the profoundest conviction that thdr Re
is always on earth retributon for wick-
ed deeds. q
Macbeth's first answer to his Wits
pleadings is the right one. if he but ut
it himself. Il dare do all that may M-
q No do = is
Macbeth brooded over what the witcftes
had said to Banquo and haunted by this
thought and by the pure and dignifed
serenity Of Banouo's presence, he deter
mined he should die. and now having
entered upon the career of crime. he
needed no stimulus or support from his
wife, and he went about it promptly and
alone. He was proud of his decision; he
not only kept it to himself, bus when
his wife spoke of it. he who had before
leaned on her. now did not even tell her
of it. but told her to remain innocent
of the intention until she applauded the
deed After hiring the murderers to
make way with Banquo, he prepares the
feast to which he invites him and says,
Il wish your horses swift and sure of
foot. and so I do commend you to their
backs" and while he bids him hasten to
return says after his conversation with
the murderers, with great satisfaction.
1T is concluded; Banquo,thy souls fight
if it find Heaven, must find it tonight"
Here he shows his cold blooded, treach-
erous nature, and when at the banquet
table he beheld the ghost of the friend
he had caused to be murdered, he is
again assailed by horrible fears. but only
that his friends around him should see
what he sees and thus discover his guilt.
He has strong belief in the weird sisters:
they are very real to him. He says, II
will to the weird sisters, more shall they
speak, for now I am bent to know by
the worst means, by the worst. For
mine own good all causes shall give away.
I am in blood, stepped in so far, that
should I wade no more. returning were
as tedious as go o'er." He shows here he
has no remorse for what he has done;
he has now desire to turn back, and then
he says, Come. Wen sleep. my strange
and self-abuse Is the initiate fear that
wants hard use: We are yet but young