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Macbeth - Matching Modern Language
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- 1‘And fill me from the crown to the toe topfull Of direst cruelty; make thick my blood,’ (Lady Macbeth Act 1, Scene 5)Make all of me cruel, heartless
and strong. - 2‘Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee: I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.’ (Macbeth Act 2, Scene 1)Am I imagining this dagger in front
of me? I can clearly see it but I can’t
hold it. - 3‘I see thee still And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood,’ (Macbeth Act 2, Scene 1)I can still see the dagger, covered
in thick globules of blood. - 4‘There’s no such thing: It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes.’ (Macbeth Act 2, Scene 1)Thinking about the murder I’m
about to commit is making me see
things that aren’t there. - 5‘The bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell.’ (Macbeth Act 2, Scene 1)Keep sleeping Duncan, for that
ringing bell means it is time for you
to die. - 6‘Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done’t.’ (Lady Macbeth Act 2, Scene 2)I would have murdered him
myself, if he hadn’t reminded me of
my father sleeping. - 7‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No: this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.’If I were to wash my hands in the
sea, instead of the water cleaning
them, the blood would turn the
ocean red. - 8‘Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the weïrd women promised, and I fear Thou played’st most foully for’t’ (Banquo Act 3, Scene 1)Now you have the three titles the
witches predicted, but I suspect you
did something wrong in order achieve
them. - 9‘Here’s the smell of the blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.’ (Lady Macbeth Act 5, Scene 1)Nothing will get rid of the stench
of blood on my hands. - 10‘Not so sick, my Lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies That keep her from her rest.’ (Doctor Act 5, Scene 3)She is not physically ill but she is
suffering from horrible hallucinations
which stop her from sleeping.
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- Turning original text into modern English
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- Rick Wear
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