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Lyrics. LADY MACBETH. 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...
Lady Macbeth suffers from guilt and insomnia, and utters the famous line "Out, damned spot!" as she tries to wash her hands. The doctor and the gentlewoman observe her strange behavior and comment on her condition.
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Quick caveat! Often forgotten in this monologue is that there is dialogue happening on the page unbeknownst to Lady M but we’re going to look at this scene as though it were a monologue because it might as well be. So, in short, Lady M has been going through it and her mental health is reflecting that fact. Let’s go right back now. So Lady M and Ma...
LADY Yet here’s a spot. DOCTOR Hark, she speaks. I will set down what comes from her, to satisfy my remembrance the more strongly. LADY 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 afeared? What need we fear? Who knows it when none can call our power to account? Yet who would ha...
There’s a spot Come off you damned spot! Come off, I said! One ring, two rings. Well then it must be time to do it. Hell is a murky place! Come on, my love, come on! You’re a soldier and you’re afraid? Why should we be afraid that someone will find us out when no one can challenge our power? Still, who would have thought old Duncan would bleed so m...
So as you can see from the original text there is some other dialogue happening pertaining to what the doctor and nurse are seeing but Lady Macbeth being asleep and mentally unwell is completely oblivious to that. So this can be and often is played as a monologue, or a soliloquy if you will. Now onto the actual acting. It should be noted that Lady ...
Learn about the context, original text, and modern translation of Lady Macbeth's famous 'Out damn'd spot' speech. Find out how to perform this monologue as a soliloquy and how to convey her mental state and guilt.
Read the original and modern English translation of Lady Macbeth's famous monologue "Out, damned spot!" in which she tries to wash away the guilt of murder. See the full scene context and analysis of her madness and remorse.
Yet here's a spot. Doctor Hark! she speaks: I will set down what comes from her, to satisfy my remembrance the more strongly. LADY MACBETH 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
Lady Macbeth 'Damned Spot' Monologue taken from Macbeth Act 5, Scene 1, William Shakespeare. 1623. LADY MACBETH:Yet here’s a spot. 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?
‘Out damned spot‘ is a line spoken by Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth. She is walking and talking in her sleep about the assassination of King Duncan, in which she is implicated.
