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Chapter 15 second act

The first Infernas.Courtyard in the castle Enter Banquo and Friens, a Servant with a torch. Banquo child, how late is the night? FRIENS The moon has gone down; I haven't heard the bell strike yet. Banquo Moon went down at twelve o'clock. FRIENS I think it's more than twelve o'clock, Father. Banquo Wait a minute, take my sword.The sky also pays attention to frugality, so the lamps and candles are extinguished together.Take that too.Sleep-inducing fatigue weighed down on me like a heavy lead, but I didn't want to sleep at all.Merciful god!Restrain those evil thoughts from creeping into my sleep.

Enter Macbeth, followed by a servant with a torch. Banquo give me my sword. ――Who is over there? Macbeth a friend. Banquo what, Jazz Festival!Have you not rested yet?The king has gone to sleep; he is very happy today, and has rewarded your servants with many things.This diamond was given to his wife, whom he called the most attentive housewife.Unlimited happiness enveloped his whole body. Macbeth We may have had many ill-received occasions because we hadn't prepared beforehand. Banquo is easy to talk about.I dreamed of those three witches last night; and what they said to you was somewhat fulfilled.

Macbeth I don't think of them; but when we have time, let's talk about that, if you like. Banquo respected his life. Macbeth You obey me, and you will be rich. I don't want Banquo to lose honor for riches and honors; and if you have any advice, so long as it doesn't destroy my innocent loyalty, I'll take it. Macbeth So slowly, rest in peace. Banquo Thank you; you too may rest in peace. (Exit Banquo and Friens.) Macbeth goes to his wife and tells her to strike the clock if my wine is ready.You can go to sleep. (Exit servant) Is it not a knife that dangles before me, with its hilt to my hand?Come on let me catch you.I can't catch you, but I still see you.Ominous phantom, are you just a thing visible and untouchable?Or are you but an imaginary knife, a vain conceit of a feverish brain?I still see you, your shape is as distinct as the knife I draw now.You showed me the direction I was going, and told me what sharp weapon I should use.My eyes are either deluded and mocked by other senses, or they take over all the faculties of the senses.I still see you; on your blade and on your hilt, drop by drop of blood that was not there before.There is no such thing; murderous thoughts have given me such visions.Now in half the world, all life seems to be dead, and evil dreams disturb the peaceful sleep, and the magic witch sacrifices to pale Hecate; The howling of the wolves, as if lewd Tarquin crept towards his destination like a ghost.O solid earth, hear not where my footsteps are going, lest the masonry of the road give away my whereabouts, and spoil the eerie atmosphere of the night.I'm threatening his life here, he's alive and well there; and words are but a breath in the midst of action. (Bells) I'll go and do it; the bells beckon me.Don't listen to it, Duncan, it's the death knell calling you to heaven or hell. (Down.)

The second game is the same as before Enter Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth's wine made them drunk, but aroused my courage; quenched their greed, but kindled a fire in my heart.listen!don't ring!This is the cry of the night owl, which is tolling the death knell and saying a mournful good night to the people.There he started.The doors are open, and the two drunken guards snore instead of their watch; I once put anesthetics in their milk, and seeing them sleeping, I can hardly tell whether they are living or dead. Macbeth (within) who's there?Hello! Lady Macbeth Oh!I'm afraid they've woken up, and the thing hasn't been done; not the crime itself, but our attempt to ruin us.listen!I put their knives away; he won't miss them.If I hadn't seen him look like my father in his sleep, I would have done it myself.my husband!

Enter Macbeth. Macbeth I've got my business done.Didn't you hear a voice? Lady Macbeth I hear the owl and the cricket.Have you not spoken? When is Macbeth? Lady Macbeth just now. Macbeth when I come down? Lady Macbeth Mmm. Macbeth listen!Who sleeps in the next room? Lady Macbeth Donabein. Macbeth (looks at hand) Terrible! Lady Macbeth don't be silly, what a pity. Macbeth alone laughed in his sleep, and another cried "Murder!" They woke each other; I stood still to hear them; but they said their prayers, and fell asleep again. Lady Macbeth had two sleeping in that room.

Macbeth cried, "God bless us!" and the other, "Amen!" as if they saw me holding up these murderous bloody hands.Listening to their panicked tone, when they said "God bless us", I wanted to say "Amen", but I couldn't. Lady Macbeth don't take it to heart. Macbeth But why can't I say "Amen"?I am the one who needs God's grace the most, but the word "Amen" is stuck in my throat. LADY MACBETH We can't go on with this kind of thing; it drives us mad. Macbeth I seem to hear a voice cry, "Sleep no more! Macbeth has killed sleep," that sleep of innocence, that weaves the tangled threads of care, the daily death, the bathing of the weary, the wounded Ointment of the soul, nature's richest dish, chief nourishment on life's feast,—

Lady Macbeth What do you mean by that? The voice of Macbeth continued to cry to the whole house: "Sleep no more! Glamis has killed sleep, so that Cotter shall have no more sleep, and Macbeth shall have no more sleep!" Lady Macbeth Who cried such words?Alas, my lord, such wild thoughts of yours are detrimental to your health.Go get some water and wash the blood off your hands.Why did you bring these two knives?They should be there.Take them back and smear some blood on the two sleeping guards. Macbeth I am not glad to go again; I dare not recall what I have done, nor have the courage to look at it again.

Lady Macbeth the one whose will is shaken!Give me the knife.The sleeping and the dead are but pictures; only the eyes of children are afraid of the devils in pictures.If he's still bleeding, I'll put it on the faces of the two guards; for we must be seen to be their crimes. (Exit. Knocking at the door.) Where did Macbeth's knock on the door come from?What is going on, that the slightest sound will scare me?What a hand!Hey!They are going to gouge out my eyes.Can all the water in the ocean wash away the blood on my hands?No, I'm afraid that the blood on my hand will dye the boundless blue sea in crimson.

Lady Macbeth re-enters. Lady Macbeth My hands are the same color as yours, but my heart is ashamed to be as pale as yours. (Inner knocking on the door) I heard someone knocking on the south door; let us go back to our room; a little water will wipe us out; isn't it easy?You don't know where your courage has gone. (knocking at the door) Listen!There it was again.Put on your pajamas, maybe people will come for us, don't let them see that we are not asleep.Stop thinking so stupidly. Macbeth To think of what I have done, I had better forget myself. (knocking inside) Wake Duncan up with your knocking on the door!I hope you can wake him up! (same below.)

The third game is the same as before There was a knock on the door.Enter a porter. The concierge door slammed so hard!If a man is a gatekeeper in hell, it is enough for him to pull the bar and open the lock. (knocking inside) Knock, knock!In the name of the devil, who's there?It must have been a rich farmer hoarding grain, and seeing that it was a bumper harvest, he hanged himself.Come in quickly, prepare a few more handkerchiefs, here is a fire pit, let you sweat a lot. (knocking inside) Knock, knock!Who's there, by the name of another devil?Hmph, must be some kind of ambiguous talker, he'll stand on two sides at the same time, one moment for one and the other for another, and the other for another to curse this; he's done a lot of bad things for God's sake, But his ambiguous tongue couldn't send him to heaven.what!Come in, ambiguous fellow. (knocking inside) Knock, knock, knock!who is thereHmph, it must be some kind of British tailor. He made a pair of French trousers for someone and stole materials ④, so he came here.Come in, tailor; here you may burn your iron. (knocking inside) Knock, knock; keep knocking!who are you?But it's too cold here to be called hell.I don't want to be the ghost janitor again.I really want to put in a few different people and let them go through the wine pond and meat forest all the way to the mountain of knives and flames. (knocking at the door) Come, come!Please remember me as the gatekeeper. (Open the door.)

Enter Macduff and Lennox. Macduff friend, did you go to bed so late that you can't get up now? Concierge To tell you the truth, my lord, last night we drank until the cock crowed for the second time; drinking, my lord, is most likely to cause three things. Which three things are Macduff? Concierge Uh, my lord, rosacea, sleeping and pissing.As for lust, it stirs up and suppresses it; it stirs up your lust, but it doesn't let you actually do it.Therefore, drinking more alcohol can also be said to be a double-faced approach to lust: it fulfills it and destroys it; As a result, the double-dealers coaxed it to sleep, made it have a ridiculous erotic dream, and then slipped away. Macduff, I saw what was in the cup last night, so you had a dream. Not the concierge, my lord, I've never been so absurd.But I'm not easy to mess with. In my opinion, I'm stronger than it. Although I couldn't help it grabbing my thigh, I finally threw it down. Macduff Is your master up? Enter Macbeth. Macduff We knocked on the door and woke him; here he comes. Lennox Good morning, my lord. Macbeth Good morning, both. Lord Macduff, has the King risen? Macbeth has not. Macduff He told me to call him early in the morning; I was almost late. Macbeth I will show you to him. Macduff I know this is what you would like to do, but please. Macbeth The work we love makes us forget our toil.It's in this door. Macduff Then I venture in, for I have the king's orders. (Down.) Is Lord Lennox leaving to-day? Macbeth Yes, he has so resolved. There was such a gale last night in Lenox that the chimneys were blown down where we live; and they say there are wailing voices in the air, strange screams of death, and a terrible The voice, predicting that there will be a great strife and chaos, will befall this unfortunate age.All the long night the fierce birds that appeared in the darkness quarreled; and it was said that the earth trembled with heat. Macbeth was indeed a terrible night. Lennox does not recall a similar memory in my youthful experience. Macduff re-enters. Macduff, dreadful!horrible!horrible!Unspeakable, unimaginable terror! macbeth Lenox what's the matter? Macduff Chaos has done his masterpiece!A treacherous murderer has opened the king's temple and stolen its life! Macbeth what did you say?life? Lennox, do you mean Your Majesty? Macduff go to his chambers, and let your vision be dazzled by an astonishing tragedy.Don't question me; go see for yourselves. (Exit Macbeth and Lennox) Wake up!wake up!Sound the alarm.Killed someone!Someone is rebelling!Banquo!Donaburn!Malcolm!wake up!Craving not the soft sleep which is only the appearance of death, look at death itself!Get up, get up, and behold the shadow of the end of the world!Malcolm!Banquo!Like a ghost rising from the grave, come and behold this dreadful spectacle!Ring the clock! (The bell chimes.) Enter Lady Macbeth. Why did Lady Macbeth blow such a shrill horn to wake the whole house from sleep?Say, say! Macduff, my lady!I can't let you hear the news from my mouth. When it enters a woman's ear, it hurts more than a sword. Enter Banquo. Macduff, Banquo!Banquo!Our Lord has been murdered! Lady Macbeth Oh!what!in our house No matter where Banquo is, it is too miserable.Good Dev, please take back what you just said and tell us there is no such thing. Re-enter Macbeth and Lennox. Macbeth If I had died an hour before this accident, I might say lived a happy time; for from this moment life loses its serious meaning, and all is child's play; fame and Virtue is dead, the wine of life is drunk, and only the tasteless dross remains for the treasures of the cellar. Enter Malcolm and Donalburn. What's the matter with Donaburn? Macbeth Ye know not yet your great loss; the fountain of your blood is severed, the root of your life is severed. Macduff Your father was murdered. Malcolm!Murdered by whom? Lennox looks like it was done by those two fellows who slept in his room; blood was all over their hands and faces; we found two knives from under their pillows, and the blood wasn't wiped their faces are terrified; no one can trust his life to such a fellow. O Macbeth!But I regretted my recklessness and killed them. Macduff why did you kill them? Macbeth Who can keep calm in consternation, calm in fury, keep his impartial spirit in rage?There is no such person in the world.My reason is too late to control my furious loyalty.Here lay Duncan, his silver skin laced with streaks of golden blood, his deep wounds gaping open like portals of destruction; there stood these two murderers, Their bodies are soaked with their sinful colors, and their knives are covered with glaring blood clots; as long as there is a man who is somewhat loyal, who would not want to burn in anger and avenge his master? Lady Macbeth, come and help me in! Macduff hasten to attend to Mrs. Malcolm (narrating to DONALBEN) It's a matter that concerns us, why don't we say a word? DONALBEN (narrating to Malcolm) We're in danger, what's there to say about the unfathomable fate that will swallow us up at any moment?Go, our tears are only brewing in our hearts now. Malcolm (narrating to Donalbein) Our heavy sorrows have not yet begun. Banquo took care of the lady. (The attendant helps Lady Macbeth to exit) We are exposed to the cold in this way, so we go and put on our clothes, and hold a meeting later to investigate the truth of this most cruel murder.Fear and doubt overwhelm us; and standing under the great direction of God, I must, from beneath the unrevealed mask, pierce treasonous plots, and fight against them to the death. Macduff I would like to make the same declaration. All of us share the same determination. Macbeth asked us to quickly put on the clothes of soldiers, and we went to the hall to discuss. Everyone is nice. (Exit all except Malcolm and Donalburne.) Malcolm, what are you going to do?Let's not be with them.Putting on a sad face is every villain's forte.I am going to England. DONAL I'm going to Ireland; we both go our separate ways, which is safer for each other.Where we are now, there are sharp knives hidden in people's smiling faces; the closer people are to our blood, the more they want to drink our blood. Malkang's murderous arrow has been shot, but it has not yet fallen. Avoiding its target is our only way to survive.So get on the horse quickly; let us not pay too much attention to the courtesy of saying goodbye, and slip out while we can; knowing that there is no hope of forgiveness, we should escape the snare of the Yi people as soon as possible. (same below.) The fourth game is the same as before.outside the castle Enter Ross and an old man. Old man, I have lived for seventy years, I have passed through many thrilling days, and I have seen many strange things, but this is the first time I have encountered such a terrible night. Ross!Good old man, it seems to you that the heavens are angry at the behavior of human beings, and are threatening this bloody stage.According to the clock, it should be daytime now, but the evil hand of night has blocked the bright lamp moving in the sky without a trace of light.Has the night ruled over all, or is it because the day does not bother to show its face, that when the sun should be shining all over the earth, the earth is covered with boundless darkness? This phenomenon of the old man is completely abnormal, just like the astonishing murder case.On the previous Tuesday, a hawk perched on a high rock was pecked to death by a bird that ate a field mouse. There is another very strange but very real thing about Ross. Duncan had several horses with handsome trunks and swift gaits. Unrestrained, as if to challenge humans. The old man said they also eat each other. Ross Yes, I saw this kind of thing with my own eyes, and Jian Yi couldn't believe her eyes.Here comes Macduff. Enter Macduff. What's going on in Los Angeles now? Macduff, don't you see? Did Roth know who was responsible for this uncharacteristically cruel crime? Macduff is the two fellows that Macbeth killed. Oh los!What good could they hope for by doing it? Macduff and the others were instructed by others.Malcolm and Donalburne, the King's sons, had smuggled away, which made them also suspect. Luo Si Na is even more against human nature!What good results will such an ambition have if it eats back its own lifeline?It seems that the throne is about to let Macbeth ascend. Macduff He has been elected, and now goes to Scone for his throne. Where is Rose Duncan's body? Macduff had been carried to Gormkir, the tomb of his ancestors. Ross Are you going to Scone, too? Macduff No, brother, I'd better go to Feifu. Hi Ross, I'm going to check it out there. Good Macduff, I hope you see all is well there, bye!I'm afraid our new clothes are not as comfortable as the old ones! Goodbye Ross, old man. God bless you, old man, and those who turn evil into good, and enemies into friends! (Exit each.)
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