HAMLET - Act V
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,Contents
ACT I ..................................................................................................................................3
SCENE I. A desert place. ................................................................................................3
SCENE II. A camp near Forres. ......................................................................................3
SCENE III. A heath near Forres. .....................................................................................6
SCENE IV. Forres. The palace. ....................................................................................11
SCENE V. Inverness. Macbeth's castle. .......................................................................13
SCENE VI. Before Macbeth's castle. ............................................................................16
SCENE VII. Macbeth's castle. .......................................................................................17
ACT II ...............................................................................................................................20
SCENE I. Court of Macbeth's castle. ............................................................................20
SCENE II. The same. ....................................................................................................22
SCENE III. The same. ...................................................................................................25
SCENE IV. Outside Macbeth's castle. ..........................................................................32
ACT III ..............................................................................................................................34
SCENE I. Forres. The palace. .......................................................................................34
SCENE II. The palace. ..................................................................................................39
SCENE III. A park near the palace. ...............................................................................41
SCENE IV. The same. Hall in the palace. .....................................................................42
SCENE V. A Heath. ......................................................................................................48
SCENE VI. Forres. The palace. ....................................................................................49
ACT IV ..............................................................................................................................51
SCENE I. A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron. ..................................................51
SCENE II. Fife. Macduff's castle. ..................................................................................57
SCENE III. England. Before the King's palace. .............................................................61
ACT V ...............................................................................................................................69
SCENE I. Dunsinane. Ante-room in the castle. .............................................................69
SCENE II. The country near Dunsinane........................................................................72
SCENE III. Dunsinane. A room in the castle. ................................................................73
SCENE IV. Country near Birnam wood. ........................................................................75
SCENE V. Dunsinane. Within the castle. ......................................................................76
SCENE VI. Dunsinane. Before the castle. ....................................................................78
SCENE VII. Another part of the field. ............................................................................79
SCENE VIII. Another part of the field. ...........................................................................80
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,ACT I
SCENE I. A desert place.
Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches
First Witch
When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch
When the hurlyburly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.
Third Witch
That will be ere the set of sun.
First Witch
Where the place?
Second Witch
Upon the heath.
Third Witch
There to meet with Macbeth.
First Witch
I come, Graymalkin!
Second Witch
Paddock calls.
Third Witch
Anon.
ALL
Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
Exeunt
SCENE II. A camp near Forres.
Alarum within. Enter DUNCAN, MALCOLM, DONALBAIN, LENNOX, with
Attendants, meeting a bleeding Sergeant
DUNCAN
What bloody man is that? He can report,
As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt
The newest state.
MALCOLM
This is the sergeant
Who like a good and hardy soldier fought
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, 'Gainst my captivity. Hail, brave friend!
Say to the king the knowledge of the broil
As thou didst leave it.
Sergeant
Doubtful it stood;
As two spent swimmers, that do cling together
And choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald--
Worthy to be a rebel, for to that
The multiplying villanies of nature
Do swarm upon him--from the western isles
Of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied;
And fortune, on his damned quarrel smiling,
Show'd like a rebel's whore: but all's too weak:
For brave Macbeth--well he deserves that name--
Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel,
Which smoked with bloody execution,
Like valour's minion carved out his passage
Till he faced the slave;
Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,
Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps,
And fix'd his head upon our battlements.
DUNCAN
O valiant cousin! worthy gentleman!
Sergeant
As whence the sun 'gins his reflection
Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break,
So from that spring whence comfort seem'd to come
Discomfort swells. Mark, king of Scotland, mark:
No sooner justice had with valour arm'd
Compell'd these skipping kerns to trust their heels,
But the Norweyan lord surveying vantage,
With furbish'd arms and new supplies of men
Began a fresh assault.
DUNCAN
Dismay'd not this
Our captains, Macbeth and Banquo?
Sergeant
Yes;
As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion.
If I say sooth, I must report they were
As cannons overcharged with double cracks, so they
Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe:
Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds,
Or memorise another Golgotha,
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,Contents
ACT I ..................................................................................................................................3
SCENE I. A desert place. ................................................................................................3
SCENE II. A camp near Forres. ......................................................................................3
SCENE III. A heath near Forres. .....................................................................................6
SCENE IV. Forres. The palace. ....................................................................................11
SCENE V. Inverness. Macbeth's castle. .......................................................................13
SCENE VI. Before Macbeth's castle. ............................................................................16
SCENE VII. Macbeth's castle. .......................................................................................17
ACT II ...............................................................................................................................20
SCENE I. Court of Macbeth's castle. ............................................................................20
SCENE II. The same. ....................................................................................................22
SCENE III. The same. ...................................................................................................25
SCENE IV. Outside Macbeth's castle. ..........................................................................32
ACT III ..............................................................................................................................34
SCENE I. Forres. The palace. .......................................................................................34
SCENE II. The palace. ..................................................................................................39
SCENE III. A park near the palace. ...............................................................................41
SCENE IV. The same. Hall in the palace. .....................................................................42
SCENE V. A Heath. ......................................................................................................48
SCENE VI. Forres. The palace. ....................................................................................49
ACT IV ..............................................................................................................................51
SCENE I. A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron. ..................................................51
SCENE II. Fife. Macduff's castle. ..................................................................................57
SCENE III. England. Before the King's palace. .............................................................61
ACT V ...............................................................................................................................69
SCENE I. Dunsinane. Ante-room in the castle. .............................................................69
SCENE II. The country near Dunsinane........................................................................72
SCENE III. Dunsinane. A room in the castle. ................................................................73
SCENE IV. Country near Birnam wood. ........................................................................75
SCENE V. Dunsinane. Within the castle. ......................................................................76
SCENE VI. Dunsinane. Before the castle. ....................................................................78
SCENE VII. Another part of the field. ............................................................................79
SCENE VIII. Another part of the field. ...........................................................................80
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,ACT I
SCENE I. A desert place.
Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches
First Witch
When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch
When the hurlyburly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.
Third Witch
That will be ere the set of sun.
First Witch
Where the place?
Second Witch
Upon the heath.
Third Witch
There to meet with Macbeth.
First Witch
I come, Graymalkin!
Second Witch
Paddock calls.
Third Witch
Anon.
ALL
Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
Exeunt
SCENE II. A camp near Forres.
Alarum within. Enter DUNCAN, MALCOLM, DONALBAIN, LENNOX, with
Attendants, meeting a bleeding Sergeant
DUNCAN
What bloody man is that? He can report,
As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt
The newest state.
MALCOLM
This is the sergeant
Who like a good and hardy soldier fought
3
, 'Gainst my captivity. Hail, brave friend!
Say to the king the knowledge of the broil
As thou didst leave it.
Sergeant
Doubtful it stood;
As two spent swimmers, that do cling together
And choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald--
Worthy to be a rebel, for to that
The multiplying villanies of nature
Do swarm upon him--from the western isles
Of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied;
And fortune, on his damned quarrel smiling,
Show'd like a rebel's whore: but all's too weak:
For brave Macbeth--well he deserves that name--
Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel,
Which smoked with bloody execution,
Like valour's minion carved out his passage
Till he faced the slave;
Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,
Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps,
And fix'd his head upon our battlements.
DUNCAN
O valiant cousin! worthy gentleman!
Sergeant
As whence the sun 'gins his reflection
Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break,
So from that spring whence comfort seem'd to come
Discomfort swells. Mark, king of Scotland, mark:
No sooner justice had with valour arm'd
Compell'd these skipping kerns to trust their heels,
But the Norweyan lord surveying vantage,
With furbish'd arms and new supplies of men
Began a fresh assault.
DUNCAN
Dismay'd not this
Our captains, Macbeth and Banquo?
Sergeant
Yes;
As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion.
If I say sooth, I must report they were
As cannons overcharged with double cracks, so they
Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe:
Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds,
Or memorise another Golgotha,
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