SamOppedisano
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This is completely irrelevant to everything that we are talking about in class at the moment, and I am not sure if someone else has mentioned this on here before, but here it is.
I am currently reading Macbeth for the first time, and upon reading Act 2 Scene 3, Macduff's exclamation following Duncan's death reminded me of the horn call of Buckland, "Awake! Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake!" The passage from Macbeth reads,
"Awake, awake! Ring the alarum-bell. Murder and treason! Banquo and Donalbain! Malcolm! awake! (line 848)" We know that Tolkien read Macbeth and was influenced by it, and I'm curious what everyone thinks.
I am currently reading Macbeth for the first time, and upon reading Act 2 Scene 3, Macduff's exclamation following Duncan's death reminded me of the horn call of Buckland, "Awake! Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake!" The passage from Macbeth reads,
"Awake, awake! Ring the alarum-bell. Murder and treason! Banquo and Donalbain! Malcolm! awake! (line 848)" We know that Tolkien read Macbeth and was influenced by it, and I'm curious what everyone thinks.