Today April 23 2013 is 397th Death Anniversary of William Shakespeare
"...Usually in tragedy a good person is made to suffer through a flaw in his
goodness. In ''Macbeth'' this pattern is reversed: it is the streak of
goodness that causes pathos and suffering. (W H Auden) ''Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
attempt to be murderers without malice.''..."
"...Second Witch: I'll give thee a wind.
First Witch: Thou'rt kind.
Third Witch: And I another.
First Witch: I myself have all the other,
And the very ports they blow,
All the quarters that they know..."
(Act I, Scene 3, 'Macbeth', c 1606)
I understand little of Macbeth or any of Shakespeare but I was bewitched (!) by the magnificence of this picture:
Artist: John Raphael Smith, 'Macbeth', the Weird Sisters, 1785
courtesy: British Museum and Guardian
After seeing the picture, I can't question the power of "Three Weird Sisters"...
Hilary Mantel:
“It’s for Shakespeare to penetrate the heart
of a prince, and for me to study his cuff buttons.”
William Logan:
"...Second Witch: I'll give thee a wind.
First Witch: Thou'rt kind.
Third Witch: And I another.
First Witch: I myself have all the other,
And the very ports they blow,
All the quarters that they know..."
(Act I, Scene 3, 'Macbeth', c 1606)
I understand little of Macbeth or any of Shakespeare but I was bewitched (!) by the magnificence of this picture:
Artist: John Raphael Smith, 'Macbeth', the Weird Sisters, 1785
courtesy: British Museum and Guardian
After seeing the picture, I can't question the power of "Three Weird Sisters"...