Name: __________________________________________________
Sophomore English, Ms. Doolittle
Table: _________
Period: _____
Date: _________
Translating Macbeth: Act I
Context
Original Quote
My Translation:
Fair is foul, and foul is fair,
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
(Three Witches—1.1.12-13)
No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive
Our bosom interest. Go pronounce his
present death
And with his former title greet Macbeth.
(Duncan—1.2.73-75)
If chance will have me King,why,
Chance may crown me,
Without my stir.
(Macbeth—1.3.165-167)
The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires!
Let not light see my black and deep desires.
(Macbeth—1.4.55-61)
After M's
letter.
Lady M is
alone,
praying
that she'll
have the
strength
to murder
Duncan.
The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements. Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full
Of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood;
Stop up the access and passage to remorse
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose nor keep peace between
The effect and it!
(Lady Macbeth—1.5.44-53)
The raven has lost his voice from
predicting that Duncan will die in my
castle. Come, evil demons! Make me a
man and fill me, from my head to my toes,
with cruelty! Thicken my blood and
prevent me from feeling guilty, so that my
conscience doesn't keep me from doing
whatever is necessary to achieve my goal.
Subjects
Symbols
Motifs
(Check any/all
that are relevant)
(Check…)
(Check…)
Appearances vs. reality
Ambition vs. corruption
kingship vs. tyranny
Gender roles ( ♂ and ♀)
The price of power

Guilt
Appearances vs. reality
Ambition vs. corruption
kingship vs. tyranny
Gender roles ( ♂ and ♀)
The price of power

Guilt
Appearances vs. reality
Ambition vs. corruption
kingship vs. tyranny
Gender roles ( ♂ and ♀)
The price of power

Guilt
Appearances vs. reality
Ambition vs. corruption
kingship vs. tyranny
Gender roles ( ♂ and ♀)
The price of power

Guilt
Appearances vs. reality
Ambition vs. corruption
kingship vs. tyranny
Gender roles ( ♂ and ♀)
The price of power

Blood
Dagger
Crown
weather

Blood
Dagger
Crown
weather



Blood
Dagger
Crown
weather



Blood
Dagger
Crown
weather



Blood
Dagger
Crown
weather



Sleep/Insomnia
“Darkness”

Sleep/Insomnia
“Darkness”

Sleep/Insomnia
“Darkness”

Sleep/Insomnia
“Darkness”
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Sleep/Insomnia
“Darkness”
Translating Macbeth: Act I
Context:
Who is
speaking
to whom?
Original Quote
Look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under’t.
(Lady Macbeth—1.5.75-77)
He’s here in double trust:
First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,
Strong both against the deed; then, as his
host,
Who should against his murderer shut the
door,
Not bear the knife myself.
(Macbeth—1.7.13-17)
We will proceed no further in this business.
He hath honored me of late, and I have
bought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people,
Which would be worn now in their newest
gloss,
Not cast aside so soon.
(Macbeth—1.7.35-39)
We fail?
But screw your courage to the sticking
place,
And we’ll not fail.
(Lady Macbeth—1.7.69-71)
Bring forth men-children only,
For thy undaunted mettle should
compose
Nothing but males.
(Macbeth—1.783-85)
My Translation:
Subjects
Symbols
Motifs
(Check any/all
that are relevant)
(Check…)
(Check…)

Guilt
Appearances vs. reality
Ambition vs. corruption
kingship vs. tyranny
Gender roles ( ♂ and ♀)
The price of power

Guilt
Appearances vs. reality
Ambition vs. corruption
kingship vs. tyranny
Gender roles ( ♂ and ♀)
The price of power

Blood
Dagger
Crown
weather



Blood
Dagger
Crown
weather



Sleep/Insomnia
“Darkness”

Guilt
Appearances vs. reality
Ambition vs. corruption
kingship vs. tyranny
Gender roles ( ♂ and ♀)
The price of power

Blood
Dagger
Crown
weather



Sleep/Insomnia
“Darkness”

Guilt
Appearances vs. reality
Ambition vs. corruption
kingship vs. tyranny
Gender roles ( ♂ and ♀)
The price of power

Blood
Dagger
Crown
weather



Sleep/Insomnia
“Darkness”

Guilt
Appearances vs. reality
Ambition vs. corruption
kingship vs. tyranny
Gender roles ( ♂ and ♀)

Blood
Dagger
Crown
weather


Sleep/Insomnia
“Darkness”

Sleep/Insomnia
“Darkness”