then, as his host,
Who should against his murderer shut the door,
Not bear the knife myself.
translation:
Macbeth is the host but he should be the one that is protecting the king from the murder but he’s the one that holds the knife to kill the king.
October 4, 2016 at 11:40 pm
Exactly so. And by choosing this particular quotation you’re getting to the centre of Macbeth’s equivocation. Lovely.