What! Can the devil speak true?
The three weird witches, in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, look ugly. Most of people, looking at them, think that their ugly looks reflect their ugly minds. People with evil spirits can easily confuse & deceive the others. Since it is natural that they tell a lie, The news brought to Macbeth by Ross & Angus surprises Banquo (Act 1 Scene 3):
BANQUO (aside)
What! can the devil speak true?
--- W. Shakespeare, Macbeth. 1-3
The three weird witches, in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, look ugly. Most of people, looking at them, think that their ugly looks reflect their ugly minds. People with evil spirits can easily confuse & deceive the others. Since it is natural that they tell a lie, The news brought to Macbeth by Ross & Angus surprises Banquo (Act 1 Scene 3):
BANQUO (aside)
What! can the devil speak true?
シェイクスピアの『マクベス』に出て来る三人の奇妙な魔女は見た目が醜い。三人の魔女を見ている人のほとんどは、その醜さは心の醜さを反映していると思うものである。邪悪な精神の持ち主は他人を容易く惑わし騙すことができる。彼らにとって嘘を付くのは自然なことであるから、ロスとアンガスによってマクベスに齎された知らせを聞いて、バンクォは驚く (第一幕第三場参照)。
バンクォ (傍白)
なんと! 悪魔が真を語るとは。
バンクォ (傍白)
なんと! 悪魔が真を語るとは。
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