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" Cure her of that: Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon... "
Macbeth, from the text of S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised - Page 82
by William Shakespeare - 1784
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Scenes from Shakespeare

Harry Levin - 2000 - 170 pages
...discusses it with Macbeth on a more or less psychiatric basis. Lady Macbeth is "Not so sick . . . / As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies, / That keep her from her rest" (V, iii, 37-39). The Doctor is not a psychiatrist; he cannot "minister to a mind diseas'd" (40). Nor...
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Philosophical Shakespeares

John J. Joughin - 2000 - 148 pages
...shapes and defines her character. Macbeth: How does your patient, Doctor? Doctor: Not so sick, my Ix>rd, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies, That keep her from her rest. Macbeth: Cure her of that: Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd; Pluck from the memory a rooted...
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Macbeth

William Shakespeare - 2000 - 148 pages
...country round, Hang those that talk of fear. Give me mine armor. How does your patient, doctor? DOCTOR Not so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies 40 That keep her from her rest. MACBETH Cure her of that. Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased,...
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The Company of the Creative: A Christian Reader's Guide to Great Literature ...

David L. Larsen - 644 pages
...Macbeth is utterly unhinged by her wrongdoing, is important to Shakespeare's point. The doctor concludes: She is troubled with thick-coming fancies. That keep her from her rest. —(5.3.37-38) Macbeth is desperate for a cure to be administered to his frenzied spouse: Canst thou...
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The Wheel of Fire: Interpretations of Shakespearian Tragedy

George Wilson Knight - 2001 - 426 pages
...sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies, That keep her from her rest. Macbeth. Cure her of that. Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the wrinen troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff'd...
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Symplectic Geometry and Mirror Symmetry: Proceedings of the 4th KIAS Annual ...

Kodŭng Kwahagwŏn (Korea). International Conference, Kenji Fukaya - 2001 - 940 pages
...the Scottish physician who has been tending his wife, "How does your patient, Doctor?", he replies, "Not so sick, my Lord, / As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies, / That keep her from her rest." Whereupon Macbeth orders: Cure her of that: Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from...
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Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts

Orson Welles - 2001 - 342 pages
...answer. He turns to one of the kneeling figures.) How does your patient, doctor? DOCTOR (looking up) Not so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies That keep her from her rest. MACBETH (turning away) Cure her of that! 92 Orson Welles on Shakespeare DOCTOR Therein the patient...
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The Empathic Healer: An Endangered Species?

Michael J. Bennett - 2001 - 290 pages
...stranger (p. 391). New York: Charles Scribner & Sons. The History of Empathy in Mental Health Care Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff'd...
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Shakespeare and Religion: Essays of Forty Years

G. Wilson Knight - 2002 - 396 pages
...Or again, talking to the Doctor about Lady Macbeth: Macbeth: How does your patient, doctor? Doctor: Not so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies, That keep her from her rest. Macbeth: Cure her of that. Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted...
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Wounds Not Healed by Time: The Power of Repentance and Forgiveness

Solomon Schimmel - 2004 - 300 pages
...repentance. When Macbeth encounrers his wife's doctor, he mquites of her health. Her doctor replies: Not so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies, That keep her from her rest. To which Macbeth responds: Cure her of that: Canst thou not minisrer to a mind deceased; Pluck from...
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