A few days ago
Can someone please explain this quote from Macbeth to me?
“He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and beat His hopes ‘bove wisdom, grace, and fear. Is mortal’s ciefest enemy.”
Does anybody know what that means?
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A few days ago
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“He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear /
His hopes ‘bove wisdom, grace and fear; /
And you all know security /
Is mortal’s chiefest enemy, /
/ entered to indicate the end of the line, incase the formatting gets messed up. Getting the quote correct and spaced out conventionally helps it make more sense, as does knowing the context of it within the play.
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A few days ago
Before all that, Macbeth visits the witches to learn his fate. Hecate tells the witches that she will prepare illusions that will make Macbeth “spurn fate, scorn death, and bear / His hopes ‘bove wisdom, grace and fear” because, as they know, “security / Is mortals’ chiefest enemy.” “Security” is a sense of safety. In short, the idea that we are bulletproof will kill us.
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