'Tis safer to be that which we destroy,Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
'Tis safer to be that which we destroy, Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
Lady Macbeth begins to realize the consequences of her and Macbeth's ambition.
Lady Macbeth begins to realize the consequences of her and Macbeth's ambition
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There's comfort yet; they are assailable;Then, be thou jocund. Ere the bat hath flownHis cloistered flight, ere to black Hecate's summonsThe shard-born beetle with his drowsy humsHath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be doneA deed of dreadful note.
But in them nature's copy's not eterne.
O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife.Thou know'st that Banquo, and his Fleance, lives.
There's comfort yet; they are assailable; Then, be thou jocund. Ere the bat hath flown His cloistered flight, ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-born beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of dreadful note.
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth talk about Banquo and his son Fleance.