The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-04
PROF. CUSHING LECTURE
An Analysis Of the Character Q
Lady Macbeth ard Her Husband

Lady Macbeth ard Her Husband
DIR. Cushman met the class rea ling
Macbeth, at the Methodist Church
this afternoon and the study period
was enjoyed by every one there
Those attending only the lectures
have an idea how great treat they
are missing in not hearing the after
noon address on Macbeth.
DR.. Cushman has made the teen
niQue of the drama quite a study,
and it is great source CT surprise
to find that students ca1 really sec in
to the great mecr1n,sm of any O..
Shakespeare plays.
There is reason for every thing
IN the play a reason for each scene.
and each popularity OF its compost
ion. After the characters are intro
duced then the scholarly author re-
sorts his art. He 1irst makes the
readers want certain ending and
tIeu pldCeS ODSldcleS Ill lno way u
that ending. only to be as carefully
removed when the right time cones.
According to classical rule there
should be two chief obstacles. ma 9r
and a minor. the lesser one is dis
posed of in the first act. last scene,
and the major, or greater in the
second scene. second act. In Mac
beth. Malcolm. heir to the throne,
of Scotland is the minor hindrance,
and Duncan, King of Scotland is the
greater obstacle between Macbeth
and The crown. and he is murdered
in the second scene ct the secollI
act.
DIR. Cushman advanced the ratlar
starting theory that Lady Mac:,etG
was not the fend her crimes make
her, but lovely charming woman
full OF ambition for ner husband, SO
much so in fact that she is willing
to perform her share OF the terrible
deeds TO place the crown upon his
head.
To prove h IS argument, the lecture
turned to the prayer of Lady Mac
beth and explained as he read, tia
We do not pray for that which NC
have, but we pray and beseech tol
that which We have not
Then Lady Macbeth prays 70 be
made cruel, to have her blood thici'en
ed. TO have no scruples with her con
science, and finally to be unsaycC
that she might accomplish these ends
the whole character OF the play =;
really lifts the drama from the histor'
a tragedy of good woman becorl Il!
murderess for the love OF he
husband and to further his ambition
His former lecture gave an insi+e n
to the life and habits Of Shakesper
new to many of his au,iien..e
Some had their reverence for tn
great bard rudely shaken by the Re
cital of the every day life of tn
mortal genius who wrote Hamlet.
He was not a man of very cleanl
HABITS and was arrested and fined
sti.i sum by the town magistrate fo
having kept a pile of manure in from
of his house until it became publ
nuisance.
He was also in the habit Of spenC
.nS his evenings at the pot hOus
and getting roaring drunk. engagin
in tavern brawls and lifting shee
when his larder needed the meat
He still found time to sober up an
give the world the most beaut. ii
thoughts that have been uttered an
his name is the one sublime not
in literature that will never die on
DR.. CushmanS evening lecture vi
be upon "Shakespeare's Predecessor
Prof. Doten, Will assist the s.Ieal;
in presenting three or 'ou" stel
Cptican views pertaining - Tho!
times.
The lecture will be2lE promptly
s O'Clock. General aamiss. III - Ct
Commissioners Meeting