In response to the witches question, Bromwich uses Banquo's line about the earth having bubbles to show that Shakespeare includes an ordinary skeptical stance alongside Macbeth's susceptibility.
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Banquo
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"...the naturalistic almost dismissal of the witches that we get from Banquo uh in lines that run something like um the earth has bubbles..."
"...is listening to the predictions that they make in company with banquo and um banquo says something like uh look how our partners wrapped..."
"...so there's similar to William James in this case there is Banquo saying the earth has bubbles as the water has perhaps these are..."
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