Lady Macbeth

Dear Dudu

I think it's wrong that some people call you Lady Macbeth. Cruel flattery, I call it.

Lady Macbeth had some class. She also had real power and influence.  I do see you doing the 'eye of newt and toe of frog' thing. Dark, sinister tweets flying like bats out of the pot you stir so diligently. I'm baffled as to where the comparison comes from. It couldn't be the overweening ambition and ruthlessness, could it? It's the right play but a somewhat smaller role. Still, an interesting and significant part. Perhaps you could also warn your  Macbeth of things to come.

Lady Macbeth had an attack of conscience.  Do you see yourself wandering distractedly around the fire pool, wringing your delicate hands? 'Not all the perfumes of Dubai will sweeten this little hand.'  Shall we wait?

You will be delighted to know that some lines from Macbeth do seem quite appropriate (apologies for hacking them out of context):

A poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage

And  then is heard no more...

..full of sound and fury

Signifying nothing.

You cannot expect much more when all you sow are seeds of hatred and schadenfreude. It's a poor, pathetic crop.

There's more to life.

Yours in the struggle to distinguish clearly between light and darkness, truth and the Big Lie.

Richard 

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