Preview

Macbeth in 21 Century English

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
4466 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Macbeth in 21 Century English
Original Text | Modern Text | | | Enter BANQUO | BANQUO enters. | 510 | BANQUO Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the weird women promised, and I fear Thou played’st most foully for ’t. Yet it was said It should not stand in thy posterity, But that myself should be the root and father Of many kings. If there come truth from them— As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine— Why, by the verities on thee made good, May they not be my oracles as well, And set me up in hope? But hush, no more. | BANQUO Now you have it all: you’re the king, the thane of Cawdor, and the thane of Glamis, just like the weird women promised you. And I suspect you cheated to win these titles. But it was also prophesied that the crown would not go to your descendants, and that my sons and grandsons would be kings instead. If the witches tell the truth—which they did about you—maybe what they said about me will come true too. But shhh! I’ll shut up now. | | Sennet sounded. Enter MACBETH, as king, LADY MACBETH, as queen, LENNOX, ROSS, LORDS,LADIES, and attendants | A trumpet plays. MACBETH enters dressed as king, and LADY MACBETH enters dressed as queen, together with LENNOX, ROSS, LORDS,LADIES, and their attendants | | MACBETH Here’s our chief guest. | MACBETH (indicating BANQUO) Here’s our most important guest. | | LADY MACBETH If he had been forgotten, It had been as a gap in our great feast, And all-thing unbecoming. | LADY MACBETH If we forgot him, our big celebration wouldn’t be complete, and that wouldn’t be any good. | 15 | MACBETH Tonight we hold a solemn supper, sir, And I’ll request your presence. | MACBETH (to BANQUO) Tonight we’re having a ceremonial banquet, and I want you to be there. | | BANQUO Let your highness Command upon me, to the which my duties Are with a most indissoluble tie Forever knit. | BANQUO Whatever your highness commands me to do, it is

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    5. What word from the King to Macbeth and Banquo do Ross and Angus bring? Macbeth is bestowed the title of Thane of Cawdor.…

    • 2580 Words
    • 11 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    | At diner the ghost of Banquo presents itself to Macbeth. Macbeth begins talking to himself gaining unwanted attention from the guests and making himself look seriously mentally ill.…

    • 355 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Act 1 Scene 4 7 Macbeth

    • 1047 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Macbeth's reaction to the prophecies: “Stay you imperfect speakers”, “speak I charge you”, Macbeth is curious and brave.…

    • 1047 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Macbeth thinks that Duncan “hath been so clear in his great office” (I.vii.17-18), and that he should be loyal to such a great and admired king, especially since he is their guest for the night.…

    • 1576 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    c. Conclusions First quote; no comparison yet. Macbeth is trying to make Banquo believe that Duncan's sons, not Macbeth, killed Duncan.…

    • 840 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Banquo they foretold Macbeth's and Banquo's future they told Macbeth that he will be a king, and they…

    • 624 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Macbeth Quotes

    • 2905 Words
    • 12 Pages

    “but all’s too weak; / For brave Macbeth, – well he deserves that name, / Disdaining fortune, with his brandish’d steel, / Which smok’d with bloody execution, / Like / valour’s minion carv’d out his passage / Till he fac’d the slave.”…

    • 2905 Words
    • 12 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Maestro Essay

    • 1306 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Macbeth is “rapt withal” while the prediction to become King after hearing the news that he is now the Thane of Cawdor. Banquo on the other hand thinks that these are mere lies told by the “instruments of darkness” gaining confidence with honest trifles, only to betray us”.…

    • 1306 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Macbeth Quotes

    • 611 Words
    • 2 Pages

    c/ Macbeth is speaking to Lady Macbeth and is telling her how she must flatter and be nice to Banquo to hide her true intentions for murdering him.…

    • 611 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Macbeth Text Response

    • 2789 Words
    • 12 Pages

    Macbeth’s temptation to help the witch’s prophecy is furthered by the fact that King Duncan will be going to Macbeth’s castle providing a perfect chance for Macbeth to try and fulfil the prophecy, from hence to inverness, and bind us further to you. It is also aided by the fact that the king has become very close and places utter faith in Macbeth thereby erasing any chance that Macbeth would be thought of as a traitor. That proportion both of thanks and payment might have been mine only I have left to say more is thy due that more than I can pay.…

    • 2789 Words
    • 12 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Macbeth Quotes

    • 1456 Words
    • 6 Pages

    —Banquo's reaction when it turns out that Macbeth has been named Thane of Cawdor, as the witches predicted.…

    • 1456 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Macbeth

    • 2303 Words
    • 10 Pages

    “For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name – disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, which smoked with bloody execution, like valour’s minion carved out his passage till he faced the slave, which never shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, till he unseamed him from the nave to the chaps and fixed his head upon our battlements”…

    • 2303 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    I and the other nobles have not the faintest idea as to what is happening in Macbeth’s mind right now, and to think that this is our new king. He’s now shouting at the empty chair as if someone, or something, is on it. I tell the other nobles that maybe we should leave, and we all stand up to do so.…

    • 737 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Lady Macbeth Obituary

    • 422 Words
    • 1 Page

    Lady Macbeth was at her husband’s side as he ascended to the Thane of Cawdor and later king. Her Chambermaid noted, “She didn’t seem as happy once she became queen. It was as if she was disappointed because it wasn’t what she had thought it would be like.”…

    • 422 Words
    • 1 Page
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Role Of Guilt In Macbeth

    • 619 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Macbeth intends to sit down while he see Banqou’s ghost in his seat and says…

    • 619 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays

Related Topics