 I am in blood Stept in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er. Strange things I have in head, that will to hand, Which must be acted, ere they may be scann'd.  Macbeth. King John - Page 60by William Shakespeare - 1788Full view - About this book
 | David Stevenson - History - 2009 - 624 pages
...contemporary caricaturist pointed out, the opposing leaders found themselves like so many Macbeths, 'in blood stept in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o'er'. In 1917, however, with the Russian Revolution and American intervention, the war passed into a third... | |
 | Emily R. Wilson - History - 2004 - 314 pages
...interprets it to mean that the murderer will have to go on killing. He declares, "I am in blood / Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er (3.4.135-37). Macbeth refuses to admit that there could be any action that would not involve wading... | |
 | Janette Turner Hospital - Fiction - 2003 - 436 pages
...one's thinking and one recognizes Operation Macbeth, or Operation Blood, and yes, yes, lam stepped in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er. There is nothing new under the sun, Dr. Reuben. You see the little girl in the blue coat' I have picked... | |
 | Jay Shafritz - Political Science - 2004 - 319 pages
...a similar policy analysis after he has embarked on his series of murders: "I am in blood / Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er." police Paramilitary state and local government organizations the most basic responsibilities of which... | |
 | Giovanni Boccaccio - Fiction - 2004 - 852 pages
...Macbeth's political adventure is seen as metaphorically fording a river of blood: 'I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o'er'. The water-Fortune nexus10 works even more easily in Italian, where one of the means of 'fortuna' is... | |
 | Rui Manuel G. de Carvalho Homem, A. J. Hoenselaars - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 296 pages
..."The multitudinous seas incarnadine"; and later when he says to his wife: "I am in blood / Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er" (3.4.135-37). would waver because of an ontological doubt on the effectiveness of action in time. Actions... | |
 | Martha O'Connor - Fiction - 2005 - 364 pages
...from myself, most loathed of all? —Christina Rossetti, "Who Shall Deliver Me?" I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were...things I have in head, that will to hand; Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd. — William Shakespeare, Macbeth ..m CONSUMER PRODUCT INFORMATION .m... | |
 | David Dark - Christianity and culture - 2005 - 204 pages
...he might best go for the gold: For mine own good, All causes shall give way: I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more. Returning were...things I have in head, that will to hand; Which must be acted ere they may be scann'ds While actors, politicians, musicians, and athletes might say this kind... | |
 | Daniel O'Quinn - Drama - 2005 - 444 pages
...to seek advice from the Witches, Macbeth sums up his historical predicament: I am in blood Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were...things I have in head, that will to hand, Which must be acted ere they may be scanned.2 By invoking Macbeth's recognition that it is too late to go backward... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 900 pages
...Sisters: More shall they speak; for now I am bent to know, ROSS LADY M. LENNOX LADY M. MACBETH 130 By the worst means, the worst. For mine own good All causes shall give way: I am in blood Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er: Strange things... | |
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