by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Out, damned spot! out, I say! ‑‑ One:...
Language: English
Out, damned spot! out, I say! -- One: two: why, then, 'tis time to do't. -- Hell is murky! -- Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? [...] No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that; you mar all with this starting. [...] Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh! [...] Wash your hands, put on your nightgown; look not so pale. -- I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried; he cannot come out on's grave. [...] To bed, to bed! there's knocking at the gate: Come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What's done cannot be undone. -- To bed, to bed, to bed!
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- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Macbeth, excerpts from Lady Macbeth's speech, Act V Scene 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Joseph Horovitz (b. 1926), "Lady Macbeth", subtitle: "A Scena", 1970, Composer's note: The composer has selected the words from the speeches of Lady Macbeth. This selection is intended to portray the development of this character, from early aspirations to grandeur, to later power and finally to guilt and madness. The implication is that the Scena begins after Lady Macbeth has read the report of Macbeth's victory at the start of the play..
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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-09
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Word count: 133