Hazlitt is especially interested in the "design" of Macbeth, in its general mood, its "full poetic 'impression, and in this, according to John Kinnaird, he anticipates the method of the twentieth-century Shakespearean critic G. Wilson Knight.
Zekolli described "an ongoing steady shift in the general mood of society... generally, the economic stagnation and the blocked European and NATO integrations are sounding the alarms and adding to a general lack of perspective".
"The temporary lift in the general mood helps," she said.
Perhaps two-thirds in, the general mood of the letters shifts from "striking sparks" to something more like commiseration, and for a while the discussion loses steam.
Communication patterns were assessed by asking the children with whom they spoke most often: when they were happy, when they were sad and in their general mood.
After the initial rage – "I mean, the Pommies – they're virtually not human," said one radio phone-in listener – the general mood has been regretful but, well, sporting.
It is certainly more than 20 years since I attended City Ballet in such a general mood of delight in the present and hope for the future.
He cautioned that fans of the show, especially in its early days, might notice a change in Martha's general mood.
In Dublin, the general mood was summed up by the Evening Herald headline, referring to a slogan from an car advert featuring Henry: "It's Va Va Gloom".
