Question | Answer |
‘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. |
‘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. |
‘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. |
‘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. |
‘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. |
‘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. |
‘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. |
‘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. |
‘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. |
‘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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