![]() ![]() ![]() It's definitely a role-reversal of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, but in the end (after the play comes to Lancre), the Duke becomes almost a melodramatic villain. He comes across as wishing he could have his wife's certainty, but he doesn't. The Duke is another matter he aids and abets his wife in persecuting the witches, but I don't think he's anywhere as "evil" as she is. The Duchess, as I pointed out before, is irredeemable like Lilith and Swing, the Duchess is certain that she is always right, even when she is very wrong. I presume he must have burned (or at least choked) to death. We don't "see" Vimes actually releasing him, which is disturbing. Vimes wanted to release him from the chair, but then Swing interfered. Historically speaking, there were plenty of both. Maybe it's just a day job that pays the bills. What about the actual torturer character in NW? (We don't know his name - the one that Vimes ties up in the chair). I'd like to see at least one redeeming feature in him, but he's too far gone. ![]() What do you think about Captain Swing (from NW)? The Duchess/Duke from Wyrd Sisters?Ĭaptain Swing, to me, is like Vorbis - a torturer and a creator of torturers. ![]()
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