LADY MACBETH

The raven himself is hoarse MACBETH

That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements. Come, you spirits
ACT ONE SCENE V
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood; unsex me = take away my womanly
Stop up the access and passage to remorse, feelings
That no compunctious visitings of nature
compunctious visitings of nature =
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
human compassion
The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts,
And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers, gall = bitterness / spitefulness
Wherever in your sightless substances
ministers = demons
You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, pall = cover/cloak
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, dunnest = darkest
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,
To cry 'Hold, hold!' hold = stop

Enter MACBETH
Great Glamis! worthy Cawdor!
Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter!
Thy letters have transported me beyond by the all-hail hereafter = when you
This ignorant present, and I feel now are hailed as king
The future in the instant.

MACBETH
My dearest love,
Duncan comes here to-night.

LADY MACBETH
And when goes hence?

MACBETH purposes = intends/plans

To-morrow, as he purposes.

LADY MACBETH
O, never
Shall sun that morrow see!
Your face, my thane, is as a book where men
to beguile the time, look like the
May read strange matters. To beguile the time,
time = to deceive men, you must
Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye,
look like a normal man
Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under't. He that's coming
Must be provided for: and you shall put
This night's great business into my dispatch;
Which shall to all our nights and days to come
Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom.

MACBETH
We will speak further.
to alter favour ever is to fear =
LADY MACBETH don’t let fear or guilt show in your
Only look up clear; face
To alter favour ever is to fear:
Leave all the rest to me.

LADY MACBETH
The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements. Come, you spirits MACBETH
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
ACT ONE SCENE V
Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood;
Stop up the access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature unsex me = take away my womanly
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between feelings
The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts,
compunctious visitings of nature =
And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers,
human compassion
Wherever in your sightless substances
You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, gall = bitterness / spitefulness
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
ministers = demons
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, pall = cover/cloak
To cry 'Hold, hold!' dunnest = darkest
Enter MACBETH
Great Glamis! worthy Cawdor! hold = stop
Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter!
Thy letters have transported me beyond
This ignorant present, and I feel now
The future in the instant.
by the all-hail hereafter = when you
MACBETH are hailed as king
My dearest love,
Duncan comes here to-night.

LADY MACBETH
And when goes hence?

MACBETH purposes = intends/plans

To-morrow, as he purposes.

LADY MACBETH
O, never
Shall sun that morrow see!
Your face, my thane, is as a book where men
to beguile the time, look like the
May read strange matters. To beguile the time,
time = to deceive men, you must
Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye,
look like a normal man
Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under it. He that's coming
Must be provided for: and you shall put
This night's great business into my dispatch;
Which shall to all our nights and days to come
Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom.

MACBETH
We will speak further.
to alter favour ever is to fear =
LADY MACBETH don’t let fear or guilt show in your
Only look up clear; face
To alter favour ever is to fear:
Leave all the rest to me.