Monologue

Macbeth Monologue

From Macbeth by William Shakespeare

male · anguished · 1:02 min

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I do forget.— Do not muse at me, my most worthy friends. I have a strange infirmity, which is nothing To those that know me. Come, love and health to all; Then I’ll sit down.—Give me some wine, fill full.— I drink to the general joy o’ th’ whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo, whom we miss: Would he were here. Ghost rises again. To all, and him, we thirst, And all to all. (LORDS: Our duties, and the pledge.) Avaunt! and quit my sight! let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with!

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Macbeth is attempting to maintain a facade of normalcy and joy at a banquet while grappling with his guilt and the haunting presence of Banquo's ghost.

30s · longing · friendship · loss · guilt · madness

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