Macbeth in 21 Century English

real schoolbook Modern schoolbook EnterBANQUO BANQUOenters. 510 BANQUO Thou hast it now major power, Cawdor, Glamis, exclusively, As the weird wowork force promised, and I fore kelvinght Thou playedst most foully for t. Yet it was verbalize It should non stand in thy posterity, save that myself should be the root and father Of m any(prenominal) kings. If t here(predicate) let justice from them As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine Why, by the verities on thee made considerably, May they not be my oracles as well, And set me up in fancy? exactly hush, no more(prenominal). BANQUO Now you have a bun in the oven it all youre 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 desc kiboshants, and that my sons and grandsons would be kings instead. If the witches tell the truthwhich they did near youmaybe wha t they said about me leave seed true too. But shhh Ill debar up now. Sennet sounded. EnterMACBETH, as king, peeress MACBETH, as queen,LENNOX,ROSS,LORDS,LADIES, and attendants A trumpet plays.MACBETHenters dressed as king, and dame MACBETHenters dressed as queen, together withLENNOX,ROSS,LORDS,LADIES, and their attendants MACBETH Heres our chief guest. MACBETH (indicating BANQUO)Heres our most authorized 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 exultation wouldnt be complete, and that wouldnt be any redeeming(prenominal). 15 MACBETH Tonight we hold a majestic supper, sir, And Ill request your presence. MACBETH (toBANQUO)Tonight were having a ceremonial banquet, and I want you to be there. BANQUO allow your loftiness Command upon me, to the which my duties be with a most indissoluble tie Forever knit. BANQUO Whatever your highness commands me to do, it is always my duty to do it. cowcatcher Text Modern Text 20 MACBETH Ride you this good afternoon? MACBETH Are you deprivation riding this afternoon? BANQUO Ay, my good lord. BANQUO Yes, my good lord. 25 MACBETH We should have else desired your good advice Which still hath been both grave and prosperous In this days council, b bely well take tomorrow. Is t far you ride? MACBETH We would have liked to have heard your good advice, which has always been serious and helpful, at the council today, however well wait until tomorrow. Are you riding far? BANQUO As far, my lord, as impart fill up the season Twixt this and supper. Go not my horse the better, I moldiness be line up a borrower of the night For a dark bit or twain. BANQUO Im exit far enough that Ill be riding from now until dinner. Unless my horse goes quicker than expected, I allow for be back an hour or two after sunset. MACBETH Fail not our feast. MACBETH Dont miss our feast. 30 BANQUO My lord, I wil l not. BANQUO My lord, I wont miss it. 35 MACBETH We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed In England and in Ireland, not confessing Their cruel parricide, filling their hearers With strange invention. But of that tomorrow, When therewithal we shall have cause of state impulse us jointly. Hie you to horse. Adieu, Till your return at night. Goes Fleance with you? MACBETH We hear that the princes, those murderers, have hidden in England and Ireland. They seaportt confessed to cruelly murdering their own father, and theyve been making up strange lies to tell their hosts.But we potty talk more about that tomorrow, when well discuss matters of state that concern us both. Hurry up and get to your horse. Good-bye, until you return tonight. Is Fleance button with you? BANQUO Ay, my good lord. Our season does bring forward upon s. BANQUO Yes, my good lord. Its time we hit the road. 40 MACBETH I neediness your horses swift and sure of foot, And so I do commend you to their backs . Farewell. MACBETH I hope your horses are fast and surefooted. And with that, I send you to them. Farewell. ExitBANQUO BANQUOexits. 45 let every man be master of his time Till seven at night.To become society The sweeter welcome, we will keep ourself Till suppertime alone. period then, God be with you Everybody may do as they please until seven oclock tonight. In order to make your company even more enjoyable, Im going to keep to myself until suppertime. Until then, God be with you headmaster Text Modern Text Exeunt all exceptMACBETHand a chip inmaiden Everyone exits exceptMACBETHand aSERVANT Sirrah, a word of honor with you. Attend those men Our pleasure? (to theSERVANT)You there, let me have a word with you. Are those men hold for me? SERVANT They are, my lord, without the palace gate. SERVANT Theyre waiting outside the palace gate, my lord. MACBETH tot them ahead us. MACBETH Bring them to me. ExitSERVANT TheSERVANTexits. 5055606570 To be thus is nothing, But to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo circumvent deep, and in his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be feared. Tis oftentimes he dares, And to that dauntless temper of his mind He hath a experience that doth guide his valor To act in safety. There is none but he Whose being I do fear, and under him My genius is rebuked, as it is said Mark Antonys was by Caesar.He chid the sisters When first they put the name of king upon me And bade them speak to him. and then, prophetlike, They hailed him father to a line of kings. Upon my item they placed a fruitless crown And put a barren verge in my grip, thus to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding. If t be so, For Banquos issue have I filed my mind For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered Put rancors in the vessel of my peace provided for them and mine eternal jewel Given to the popular enemy of man, To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kingsRather than so, come fate into the list, And champion me to th utterance. Whos there? To be the king is nothing if Im not safe as the king. Im very afraid of Banquo. Theres something noble about him that makes me fear him. Hes willing to take risks, and his mind never stops working. He has the wisdom to act bravely but also safely. Im not afraid of anyone but him. almost him, my guardian angel is frightened, just as Mark Antonys angel supposedly feared Octavius Caesar. Banquo chided the witches when they first called me king, enquire them to tell him his own future.Then, like prophets, they named him the father to a line of kings. They gave me a crown and a scepter that I cant pass on. Someone outside my family will take these things away from me, since no son of mine will take my place as king. If this is true, then Ive tortured my conscience and murdered the gracious Duncan for Banquos sons. Ive ruined my own peace for their benefit. Ive handed everywhere my everlasting soul to the devil so that they could be kings . Banquos sons, kings Instead of watching that happen, I will challenge fate to battle and fight to the death. Whos there EnterSERVANTand two murdererS TheSERVANTcomes back in with two liquidatorS Original Text Modern Text 75 Now go to the admission and stay there till we call. Now go to the door and stay there until I call for you. ExitSERVANT TheSERVANTexits. Was it not yesterday we spoke together? Wasnt it just yesterday that we spoke to each other? send-off receiver It was, so please your highness. basic liquidator It was yesterday, your highness. 8085 MACBETH hygienic then, now Have you considered of my speeches?Know That it was he, in the times past, which held you So under fortune, which you thought had been Our innocent self. This I made good to you In our last conference, passed in probation with you, How you were borne in hand, how crossed, the instruments, Who wrought with them, and all things else that might To half(prenominal) a soul and to a n otion crazed give tongue to, Thus did Banquo. MACBETH Well, did you think about what I said? You should subsist that it was Banquo who made your lives hell for so long, which you always thought was my fault. But I was innocent. I showed you the make at our last meeting.I explained how you were deceived, how you were thwarted, the things that were used against you, who was working against you, and a lot of other things that would convince even a half-wit or a crazy person to say, Banquo did it low gear murderer You made it known to us. initiative MURDERER You explained it all. 90 MACBETH I did so, and went further, which is now Our point of second meeting. Do you find Your patience so predominant in your nature That you can let this go? Are you so gospeled To pray for this good man and for his issue, Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave And beggared yours forever? MACBETH I did that and more, which brings me to the point of this second meeting. Are you so patie nt and forgiving that youre going to let him off the hook? Are you so pious that you would pray for this man and his children, a man who has pushed you toward an early grave and put your family in need forever? prototypical MURDERER We are men, my liege. FIRST MURDERER We are men, my lord. 95100105110 MACBETH Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men, As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, Shoughs, water-rugs, and demi-wolves are clept All by the name of dogs.The valued file Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, The housekeeper, the hunter, every one fit in to the gift which bounteous nature Hath in him closed, whereby he does receive Particular addition, from the bill That writes them all alike. And so of men. Now, if you have a station in the file, Not i th tally rank of manhood, say t, And I will put that business in your bosoms, Whose execution takes your enemy off, Grapples you to the heart and love of us, Who wear our health but sickly in his feel, Wh ich in his death were perfect. MACBETH Yes, youre part of the species called men.Just as hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, mutts, shaggy lapdogs, swimming dogs, and wolf-dog crossbreeds are all dogs. But if you list the different kinds of dogs according to their qualities, you can distinguish which breeds are fast or slow, which ones are clever, which ones are watchdogs, and which ones hunters. You can classify each dog according to the natural gifts that separate it from all other dogs. Its the same with men. Now, if you occupy some place in the list of men that isnt down at the very bottom, tell me. Because if thats the case, I will tell you a project that will get rid of your enemy and bring you closer to me.As long as Banquo lives, I am sick. Ill be healthy when he is dead. Original Text Modern Text game MURDERER I am one, my liege, Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world Have so incensed that I am heady what I do to spite the world. SECOND MURDERER My l ord, Ive been so kicked around by the world, and Im so angry, that I tire outt even care what I do. 115 FIRST MURDERER And I another So weary with disasters, tugged with fortune, That I would set my life on any chance, To mend it or be rid on t. FIRST MURDERER Im the same. Im so sick of bad luck and trouble that Id risk my life on any bet, as long as it would either fix my life or end it once and for all. MACBETH Both of you Know Banquo was your enemy. MACBETH You both know Banquo was your enemy. BOTH MURDERERS True, my lord. BOTH MURDERERS Its true, my lord. 120125 MACBETH So is he mine and in such bloody distance That every minute of his being thrusts Against my nearst of life.And though I could With bare scened power sweep him from my sight And bid my will avouch it, yet I mustiness not, For certain friends that are both his and mine, Whose loves I may not drop, but wail his chance upon Who I myself struck down. And thence it is, That I to your assistance do make l ove, Masking the business from the common eye For sundry weighty reasons. MACBETH Hes my enemy too, and I hate him so much(prenominal) that every minute hes alive it eats away at my heart. Since Im king, I could simply use my power to get rid of him.But I cant do that, because he and I have friends in common whom I need, so I have to be able to moan and cry over his death in public even though Ill be the one who had him killed. Thats why I need your help right now. I have to hide my real plans from the public eye for many distinguished reasons. Original Text Modern Text 130 SECOND MURDERER We shall, my lord, Perform what you command us. SECOND MURDERER Well do what you want us to, my lord. FIRST MURDERER Though our lives FIRST MURDERER Though our lives 135140 MACBETH Your spirits shine through you.Within this hour at most I will advise you where to plant yourselves, Acquaint you with the perfect spy o th time, The here and now on t for t must be done tonight, And som ething from the palace always thought That I require a clearness. And with him To leave no rubs nor botches in the work Fleance, his son, that keeps him company, Whose absence is no less substantial to me Than is his fathers, must embrace the fate Of that dark hour. Resolve yourselves apart. Ill come to you anon. MACBETH (interrupts him)I can see the determination in your eyes. Within the next hour Ill tell you where to go and exactly when to strike.It must be done tonight, away from the palace. Always remember that I must be free from suspicion. For the plan to work perfectly, you must kill both Banquo and his son, Fleance, who keeps him company. Getting rid of Fleance is as important to me as knocking off Banquo. Each of you should make up your own mind about whether youre going to do this. Ill come to you soon. BOTH MURDERERS We are resolved, my lord. BOTH MURDERERS We have decided, my lord. Were in. cxlv MACBETH Ill call upon you straight. Abide within. MACBETH Ill call for you soon. Stay inside. ExeuntMURDERERS TheMURDERERSexit. It is concluded. Banquo, thy souls f send off, If it find heaven, must find it out tonight. The deal is closed. Banquo, if your soul is going to make it to heaven, tonights the night. Exit He exits. ACT 3 SCEN 2 Original Text Modern Text EnterLADY MACBETHand aSERVANT LADY MACBETHand aSERVANTenter. LADY MACBETH Is Banquo gone from tap? LADY MACBETH Has Banquo left the court? SERVANT Ay, madam, but returns again tonight. SERVANT Yes, madam, but hell be back tonight. LADY MACBETH enounce to the king I would attend his leisure For a few haggle. LADY MACBETH Go tell the king I want to talk to him for a few minutes. 5 SERVANT Madam, I will. SERVANT No problem, madam. ExitSERVANT TheSERVANTexits. LADY MACBETH Naughts had, alls spent, Where our desire is got without content. Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. LADY MACBETH If you get what you want and youre still not happy, youve spent everything and gained nothing. Its better to be the person who gets murdered than to be the cause of death and be tormented with anxiety. EnterMACBETH MACBETHenters. 10 How now, my lordWhy do you keep alone, Of sorriest fancies your companions making, Using those thoughts which should and then have died With them they think on? Things without all remedy Should be without regard. Whats done is done. Whats going on, my lord? Why are you keeping to yourself, with only your sad thoughts to keep you company? Those thoughts should have died when you killed the men youre thinking about. If you cant fix it, you shouldnt give it a second thought. Whats done is done. 152025 MACBETH We have scorched the snake, not killed it. Shell close and be herself whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth.But let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and quietus In the affliction of these terr ible dreams That shake us nightly. Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have send to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave. After lifes fitful fever he sleeps well. Treason has done his worst nor steel nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him further. MACBETH We have slashed the snake but not killed it. It will heal and be as good as new, and well be threatened by its fangs once again.But the universe can line of descent apart, and heaven and earth crumble, before Ill eat my meals in fear and spend my nights tossing and turning with these nightmares Ive been having. Id rather be dead than endure this endless mental torture and excruciating sleep deprivation. We killed those men and sent them to rest in peace so that we could gain our own peace. Duncan lies in his grave, through with lifes troubles, and hes sleeping well. We have already done the worst we can do to him with our treason. Aft er that, nothing can hurt him furthernot weapons, poison, rebellion, invasion, or anything else. Original Text Modern Text 30 LADY MACBETH Come on, gentle my lord, Sleek oer your toughened looks. Be bright and jovial Among your guests tonight. LADY MACBETH Come on, relax, dear. Put on a happy face and look cheerful and agreeable for your guests tonight. 35 MACBETH So shall I, love, And so, I pray, be you. Let your remembrance present to Banquo present him eminence, Both with eye and tongue unsafe the charm that we Must lave our honors in these flatter streams, And make our faces vizards to our hearts, Disguising what they are. MACBETH Thats exactly what Ill do, my love, and I hope youll do the same. Give Banquo your special attention. intercourse to him and look at him in a way that will make him feel important. Were in a dangerous situation, where we have to flatter him and hide our true feelings. LADY MACBETH You must leave this. LADY MACBETH You have to stop talki ng like this. MACBETH Oh, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife Thou knowst that Banquo, and his Fleance, lives. MACBETH Argh I feel like my mind is full of scorpions, my dear wife. You know that Banquo and his son Fleance are still alive. 40 LADY MACBETH But in them natures copys not eterne. LADY MACBETH But they cant live forever. 45 MACBETH Theres comfort yet they are assailable. Then be thou jocund. Ere the bat hath flown His cloistered flight, ere to black Hecates summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath ring nights yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of horrendous note. MACBETH Thats comforting. They can be killed, its true. So be cheerful. Before the bat flies through the castle, and before the dung beetle makes his little humming noise to tell us its nighttime, a dreadful deed will be done. LADY MACBETH Whats to be done? LADY MACBETH What are you going to do? Original Text Modern Text 5055 MACBETH Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale. Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to th rooky wood. Good things of day amaze to droop and drowse Whiles nights black agents to their preys do rouse. Thou marvelst at my words but hold thee still.Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. So, prithee, go with me. MACBETH Its better you dont know about it until after its done, when you can applaud it. (to the night)Come, night, and blindfold the kindhearted day. use your bloody and invisible hand to tear up Banquos lease on life, which keeps me in fear. (to himself)The flip-flops getting dark, and the crow is returning home to the woods. The gentle creatures of the day are falling asleep, while nights predators are waking up to look for their prey. (toLADY MACBETH)You seem surprised at my words, but dont question me yet.Bad d eeds force you to commit more bad deeds. So please, come with me. Exeunt They exit Original Text Modern Text Enter threeMURDERERS The twoMURDERERSenter with a thirdMURDERER. FIRST MURDERER But who did bid thee join with us? FIRST MURDERER But who told you to come here and join us? third gear MURDERER Macbeth. THIRD MURDERER Macbeth. 5 SECOND MURDERER He needs not our mistrust, since he delivers Our offices and what we have to do To the direction just. SECOND MURDERER We can trust this guy.He was given exactly the same orders we were. 10 FIRST MURDERER Then stand with us. The air jacket yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Now spurs the lated traveler apace To gain the timely inn, and near approaches The subject of our watch. FIRST MURDERER Then stay with us. Theres still a bit of daylight in the sky. Now all the late travellers are hurrying to reach their inns. Banquo is almost here. THIRD MURDERER Hark, I hear horses. THIRD MURDERER Listen I hear horses . BANQUO (within)Give us a light there, ho BANQUO (from offstage)Hey, give us some light here SECOND MURDERER Then tis he the rest That are within the note of expectation Already are i th court. SECOND MURDERER That must be him. The rest of the kings guests are already inside. FIRST MURDERER His horses go about. FIRST MURDERER You can hear his horses moving around as the servants take them to the stables. 15 THIRD MURDERER Almost a greyback but he does usually So all men dofrom hence to the palace gate Make it their walk. THIRD MURDERER Its almost a mile to the palace gate, but Banquo, like everybody else, usually walks from here to the palace. EnterBANQUOandFLEANCEwith a torch BANQUOandFLEANCEenter with a torch. Act 3, Scene 3, Page 2 Original Text Modern Text SECOND MURDERER A light, a light SECOND MURDERER Here comes a light Here comes a light THIRD MURDERER Tis he. THIRD MURDERER Thats him. FIRST MURDERER Stand to t. FIRST MURDERER Prepare yourselve s. BANQUO It will be rain tonight. BANQUO It will rain tonight. FIRST MURDERER Let it come down. FIRST MURDERER Then let the rain come down. TheMURDERERSattackBANQUO TheMURDERERSattackBANQUO. 20 BANQUO O swindling Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly Thou may st revenge O slave BANQUO Oh, this is treachery Get out of here, good Fleance, run, run, run Someday you can get revenge. Oh, you bastard BANQUOdies. ExitFLEANCE BANQUOdies. FLEANCEescapes. THIRD MURDERER Who did strike out the light? THIRD MURDERER Who put out the light? FIRSTMURDERER Was t not the way? FIRST MURDERER Wasnt that the best thing to do? THIRD MURDERER Theres but one down.The son is fled. THIRD MURDERER Theres only one body here. The son ran away. SECOND MURDERER We have lost best half of our affair. SECOND MURDERER We failed in half of our mission. FIRST MURDERER Well, lets away and say how much is done. FIRST MURDERER Well, lets get out of here and tell Macbeth what we did accomplish. Exeunt They exit. Original Text Modern Text Banquet prepared. EnterMACBETH,LADY MACBETH,ROSS,LENNOX,LORDS, and attendants. The stage is set for a banquet. MACBETHenters withLADY MACBETH,ROSS,LENNOX,LORDS, and their attendants. MACBETH You know your own degrees sit down. At first And last, the hearty welcome. MACBETH You know your own ranks, so you know where to sit. mount down. From the highest to the lowest of you, I bid you a hearty welcome. TheLORDSsit TheLORDSsit down. LORDS Thanks to your majesty. LORDS Thanks to your majesty. 5 MACBETH Ourself will mingle with society And play the scummy host. Our hostess keeps her state, but in best time We will require her welcome. MACBETH I will walk around and mingle with all of you, playing the humble host.My wife will stay in her royal chair, but at the appropriate time I will have her welcome you all. LADY MACBETH Pronounce it for me, sir, to all our friends, For my heart speaks they are welcome. LADY MACBETH Say welcome to all of our friends for me, sir, for in my heart they are all welcome. EnterFIRST MURDERERat the door TheFIRST MURDERERappears at the door. 10 MACBETH See, they encounter thee with their hearts thanks. Both sides are even. Here Ill sit i th midst. Be large in mirth. Anon well drink a measure The table round. MACBETH And they oppose to you with their hearts as well. The table is full on both sides. I will sit here in the middle. Be free and happy. Soon we will toast around the table. (aside toFIRST MURDERER)Theres blood upon thy face. (approaching the door and speaking to theMURDERER)Theres blood on your face. FIRST MURDERER Tis Banquos then. FIRST MURDERER Then it must be Banquos. 15 MACBETH Tis better thee without than he within. Is he dispatched? MACBETH Id rather see his blood splattered on your face than flowing through his veins. Did you give notice him off?