FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Hecate
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The witches
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Porter
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Macbeth
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Detailed explanation-1: -I’ll devil-porter it no further: I had thought to have let in some of all professions that go the primrose way to the everlasting bonfire. The Porter cleverly reminds us where we are meant to be: up in Inverness, in the far north of Scotland, where it is indeed ‘too cold for hell’.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is ironic about his statement “but this place is too cold for hell”? Macbeth’s castle is turning into a hell, as Duncan is murdered, and Macbeth and Lady Macbeth could go to hell for their evil deeds.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Porter also remarks that the castle is “too cold for Hell, ” perhaps implying Macbeth’s inherent evil and sinister lust for power. The scene also advances the themes of equivocation and deceptive appearances.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Porter of Hell Gate “Here’s a knocking indeed, ” he proclaims, and then throughout his speech he utters the refrain, “knock, knock, knock”-and this has the effect of reminding us of that guilty knocking of the prior scene.