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Macbeth Captain Fortune Damnèd Quarrel Smiling Show'd Rebel's

Text CAPTAIN
And Fortune, on his damnèd quarrel smiling,
Show'd like a rebel's whore. But all's too weak;
For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name)
Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel,
Which smoked with bloody execution, (1.2. 16-20)
Captain says Macbeth should have died in battle but he was stronger than his fate. IF this = true; Macbeth has no one to blame but himself.
Captain calls Macbeth "damned quarry": Macbeth may escape fortune this time, but that "rebel's whore" will get him in the end

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