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fears,—had these fears been personal, it is obvious that they must of necessity have totally subsided with the death of the man, who, as the Remarks again and again maintain, was the sole object of them: the very reverse, however, is the fact:—
Macb. There's blood upon thy face.
Mur. 'Tis Banquo's then.
Macb. Is he dispatch'd?
Mur. My lord, his throat is cut; that I did for him.[1]
The assurance which Macbeth receives that Banquo is dispatched, gives but a momentary respite to the
- ↑ Macbeth, Act iii. Sc. 4.
