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The Shakescleare modern English translation makes every line of the play easy to understand and appreciate, including famous lines like “Is this a dagger I see before me?” and “Life’s but a walking shadow."
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Over the years NoSweatShakespeare readers have asked us to translate many quotes from Macbeth into plain English. The list below links to the most popular Macbeth quotes and their modern English translation, whilst underneath those is a selection of other, shorted Macbeth quotes translated.
Actually understand Macbeth Act 1, Scene 1. Read every line of Shakespeare’s original text alongside a modern English translation.
We’ve pulled together all of the top Macbeth quotes below from primary and secondary characters – as well as a good selection from the eponymous hero and his wife – shown in order of the quote appearing in the play, listing the character speaking along with act and scene.
These lines form one of the most famous speeches in the play, revealing Macbeth’s grief as well as his pessimism and despair. He says that life is pointless, meaningless, and that it’s over too quickly.
Find the quotes you need in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, sortable by theme, character, or scene. From the creators of SparkNotes.
As Macbeth marvels to himself, “Two truths are told/As happy prologues to the swelling act/ Of the imperial theme” (1.3.128-130). In a crucial turning point in the play, Macbeth is faced with a choice: to take decisive action to claim the crown as his own, or to simply wait and see what happens.
