Lady Macbeth¡¯s letter

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Lady Macbeth’s letter

All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis.

All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor.

All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king here after.

I hail you my king and praise you my husband. I gladly accept this joyous news which was brought to you by, as Banquo put it ‘The Devil’. However my dear do not take notice of one who has been promised nothing but the success of his children and perhaps grandchildren. He, who shall die not, remembered. And when his body is laid in an unmarked grave, then eternity he shall have to think about what he could never be.

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My beloved one, you should praise your messengers who have brought the news of your glorious future to you. Though in appearance they may look like savages who roam the earth, their news is worth my love for you. When your interrogation began and they vanished to the Under World why was there surprise in your reaction? Surely you must have known when what needs to be done is done there is no need for lingering. They had already made you Thane of Cawdor and from their own perspective they had already crowned you King. What else could have been ...

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