No Fear Shakespeare
Macbeth
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 4, Scene 1, Page 4
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ALL
Come, high or low;
Thyself and office deftly show!
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ALL
Come, high or low spirits. Show yourself and what you do.
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Thunder. FIRST APPARITION : an armed
head |
Thunder. The FIRST APPARITION appears,
looking like a head with an armored helmet. |
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MACBETH
Tell me, thou unknown power—
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MACBETH
Tell me, you unknown power—
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FIRST WITCH
He
knows thy thought.
Hear his speech but say thou nought.
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FIRST WITCH
He can read your thoughts. Listen, but don’t
speak.
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FIRST APPARITION
Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff.
Beware the thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough.
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FIRST APPARITION
Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff. Beware the thane of
Fife. Let me go. Enough.
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Descends |
The FIRST APPARITION
descends. |
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MACBETH
Whate'er thou art, for thy good caution, thanks.
Thou hast harped my fear aright. But one word
more—
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MACBETH
Whatever you are, thanks for your advice. You have guessed exactly
what I feared. But one word more—
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FIRST WITCH
He will not be commanded. Here’s another
More potent than the first.
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FIRST WITCH
He will not be commanded by you. Here’s another, stronger
than the first.
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Thunder. SECOND APPARITION : a bloody
child |
Thunder. The SECOND APPARITION appears,
looking like a bloody child. |
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SECOND APPARITION
Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth!—
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SECOND APPARITION
Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth!
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MACBETH
Had I three ears, I’d hear thee.
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MACBETH
If I had three ears I’d listen with all three.
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SECOND APPARITION
Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn
The power of man, for none of woman born
Shall harm Macbeth.
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SECOND APPARITION
Be violent, bold, and firm. Laugh at the power of other men,
because nobody born from a woman will ever harm Macbeth.
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Descends
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The SECOND APPARITION descends.
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