 | Alexander Leggatt - Drama - 2006 - 220 pages
...BANQUO That trusted home37 120 Might yet enkindle38 you unto the crown, Besides the Thane of Cawdor. But 'tis strange; And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,...darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence.39 [To the others] Cousins,40 a word, I pray you. MACBETH [aside] Two... | |
 | Russ McDonald - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 173 pages
...assertive, but still meaningful. The word "trifle," for instance, is heard early, in Banquo's warning that "the instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles, to betray's / In deepest consequence" (1.3.124—26). (The sounding of "consequence," soon to resound... | |
 | Sam Dowling - Fiction - 2007 - 90 pages
...lose For treasons capital have overthrown him 17 Glamis and Thane of Cawdor The greatest is behind but tis strange And oftentimes to win us to our harm The...darkness tell us truths Win us with honest trifles to betray's In deeper consequence MACBETH I thank you sir This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill cannot... | |
 | Jennifer Wallace - Drama - 2007 - 193 pages
...destiny: 'All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!' (I.iii.48). Banquo is alert to the danger: Oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments...tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles to betray 's In deepest consequence. (I.iii.121-4) But Macbeth immediately starts trying to hasten the future,... | |
 | Jennifer Wallace - Drama - 2007 - 260 pages
...destiny: 'All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!' (I.iii.48). Banquo is alert to the danger: Oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments...darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles to betray's In deepest consequence. (I.iii.121-4) But Macbeth immediately starts trying to hasten the... | |
 | Janet Brennan Croft, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 337 pages
...murdering Duncan and Macduff's family? Only Banquo questions the motives of the witches: "[OJftentimes to win us to our harm / The instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles, to betray's / In deepest consequence" (1.3.123-26). As with the steward Denethor and the visions shown... | |
 | George Herbert - Literary Collections - 2007 - 47 pages
...unimportant truths were used to tempt people to trust him. Compare Shakespeare, Macbeth I iii 124—6: 'The instruments of darkness tell us truths, /Win us with honest trifles to betray 's / In deepest consequence.' 136. shuffled: This term from card-playing recalls the gaming metaphors... | |
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tis strange : And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths : Win -us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence. 
