 | Philip Taylor - 2000 - 164 pages
...eve of the murder, 'but be the serpent underneath.' When Duncan arrives at their home with the words 'This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air / Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself / Unto our gentle senses', he says one of the classic lines of dramatic irony. Process drama, O'Neill believes, can exploit... | |
 | Catherine M. S. Alexander, Stanley Wells - 2000 - 254 pages
...arguments of both, unchanged. Compare these examples with the other remarkable exception, Macbeth: Duncan. This castle hath a pleasant seat, the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. Banquo. This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his lov'd mansionry... | |
 | Sally Mackey, Simon Cooper - 2000 - 436 pages
...that the Macbeths have started to plan his death. On his arrival, the first words Duncan says are: This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. There is a weight of dramatic irony in this speech as we believe that the castle is far from... | |
 | Peter Holland - 2000 - 376 pages
...something rather more complicated begins to unfold as Duncan arrives at Macbeth's home. K1NG DUNCAN: This castle hath a pleasant seat. The air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. BANQUO: This guest of summer. The temple-haunting martlet, does approve, By his loved mansionry,... | |
 | Aileen M. Carroll - 2000 - 148 pages
...heaven; *economy There candles are all out. 20. Whose castle is described in these lines? This castle has a pleasant seat; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. 21. In view of later events, Banquo's description of the castle and its peaceful setting becomes... | |
 | Harry Levin - 2000 - 170 pages
...at the gate of Glamis Castle, his introductory words sketch the setting and suggest the atmosphere: This castle hath a pleasant seat, the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Into our gentle senses. (I, vi, 1-3) The description is amplified by Banquo with his mention of "the... | |
 | Thomas Leech - 2001 - 328 pages
...who's coming up to the post next. 221 Chapter 18 Silence That Dreadful Bell! Use the Medium Wisely This castle hath a pleasant seat: the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. Duncan (King of Scotland), Macbeth. 1, 6 In this chapter we'll examine not the content of our... | |
 | Orson Welles - 2001 - 342 pages
...else o'er-leap, For in your way it lies.7 DUNCAN (to Banquo, as they make their way over the ramparts) This castle hath a pleasant seat. The air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses.8 This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that... | |
 | Jennifer Mulherin, Abigail Frost - 2001 - 36 pages
...Duncan. He has doubts about it. Duncan is his cousin and he is a Duncan describes Macbeth's castle This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. Act i Scvi 14 good king who is popular with everyone. Macbeth tells himself that there is no... | |
 | Lindsay Price - 2001 - 40 pages
...ofMACBETH's castle. DUNCAN, MALCOLM, OONALBAIN, BANOUO, LENNOX, MACDUFF, ROSS, and ANGUS enter. DUNCAN: This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. Enter LADY MACBETH. She curtseys low. DUNCAN: See, see, our honour'd hostess! Fair and noble... | |
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This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty,* frieze, Buttress, nor coign* of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where... 
