Macbeth - Matching Modern Language

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Turning original text into modern English
Rick Wear
Flashcards by Rick Wear, updated more than 1 year ago
Rick Wear
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‘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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