A character in this scene artfully describes damnation as "the primrose way to the everlasting bonfire" after proclaiming that "this place is too cold for hell."
A character in this scene artfully describes damnation as "the primrose way to the everlasting bonfire" after proclaiming that "this place is too cold for hell." This scene alludes to the story of Henry Garnet, a Jesuit who encouraged persecuted Catholics to be as ambiguous as possible, by describing a man who could not "equivocate to heaven." The central character in this scene imagines such men as a (*) farmer who hanged himself in expectation of plenty and a British tailor who stole from the French. Its main subject laments that drink provokes the desire for lechery, but takes away the ability to perform the act. It is the subject of an essay by Thomas De Quincey. For 10 points, name this scene in which an inebriated porter in Macbeth laments his duties.
A character in this scene artfully describes damnation as "the primrose way to the everlasting bonfire" after proclaiming that "this place is too cold for hell."
the knocking at the gate in Macbeth [or equivalents; or Act II Scene III of Macbeth]