Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-19
LESSON FOUND IN MACBETH
Rev. s, A, Blaokmore nlumiDates the Great
sbakespesrean Tragedy.
AMBITION FED BY GUILT IS DEADLY
Evil Passions Uncurbed BY Moral Ma
ture Leads swiftly on 60 PuR-
Ishment COndiEn and
Certain,

Students OF Shakespeare had rare
treat last evening In a lecture given by
Rev. 8. A. Blackmore at the Creighton
university auditorium on the subject, The
Temptations OF Macbeth" The attendance
was fair and the lecture scholarly. Father
Blackmore spoke from deep thought and
study on the subject in hand and added
to the effectiveness OF his talk by reading
passages from the tragedy.
I'm no other Of his plays has the poet
so we'll held the mirror UP to nature as In
Macbeth and in no other character has
he so well given us a representation Of the
universal type Of man." stated the speaker
THE character OF Macbeth clearly Illus
trates the fact that man shapes his own
destiny by his own free will and through
his various passions. The character Of
Macbeth becomes interesting TO us in being
a common mirror of human frailties. 1t
is shown in the play that when man VIC
lates those laws which work for his bet
terment a series of tragedies will follow
In Macbeth the hidden springs Of the
human heart and mind are worked out in
true artistic style and the human will Is
held up as an object of energy in action.
Macbeth's Downward Course.
Macbeth, naturally wild in Imagination
and fancy, and to whom the dark riddles
OF life are bafilng. is led on to his moral
doom and destruction by evil forces in
carnated in the witches and his wife. Lack
ing in courage to reject wrong, he yields
to influences and fears for awhile, only
the physical consequences of a throne Sc
cured by his lawless ambitions. He faces
crime as a common enemy without fear Of
the life to come. The impassioned logic
nd f,ta ~ wifi In
duce him to trample his fears and his
murderous heart readily finds an affinity
in the witches, who lead him on and on
in his terrible course.
Lady Macbeth's ambition is one that
curbs all other feelings and is without
scruples. The witches attacked Macbeth's
weakest point and round his ruling pas
sion. Macbeth is disturbed by conflicting
thoughts and easily inspired by the evil
witches, although he does not realize his
position at the time. Macbeth's head is
turned by the prophetic greetings Of the
sisters. On the contrary, Banquo turns the
darts of the evil ones with his righteous
nature and is full proof against them
wife Makes Him Trouble.
LADY Macbeth we'll knew when to apply
the goad to her husband. She makes Mac
beth believe he can commit the crime and
escape the ignominy. After the murder
Macbeth becomes susceptible to the pangs
of remorse; his soul is darkened with hor-
TOR and he is haunted with fears. Just
when he begins TO realize he has beer
fooled, he again listens to the evil ones
who tell him that none of woman borr
shall harm him, and finally consents tc
combat with MacDun.
I'VE all know theoretically as Macbeth
knew. the results Of sin, but when tempted
we do not stop to think we will suffer tn,
consequences as others have suffered. II
Macbeth's life is depicted the lesson Of
a great ambition realized by unhallowe(
means"