Knock, knock! Never at quiet! What are you? - But this
place is too cold for hell. I'll devil-porter it no further.
I had thought to have let in some of all professions that
go the primrose way to the everlasting bonfire.
The repetitive knocks coincide with the Porter naming all the characters that are going to Hell e.g. the farmer who committed suicide, the equivicator that could not make it to Heaven and the counterfeiting english tailor. The line "Never at quiet!" may refer to the eternal inferno and torture that is Hell.
Notable is the use of the word "What" rather than "Who" on the first line, this gives way to the idea that the people coming to Hell are no longer human and now possibly monsters and this again infers the concept of the supernatural.
The line "I had thought to have let in..." suggests that the Porter is the gatekeeper to Hell and as the Porter works for the house of Macbeth, this further suggests that Macbeth is the Devil himself and his castle, Hell.
These are excellent notes. You've analysed this scene in great depth. You have made perceptive comments. Well done.
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