2G group 3 scene 3

FIRST WITCH:
Where have you been, sister?

SECOND WITCH:
Killing pigs.

THIRD WITCH:
Sister, where were you?

FIRST WITCH:
A sailor’s wife had chestnuts in her lap,
And munched, and munched, and munched. “Give me,” said I.
“Begone, witch!” the fat, sloppy woman cries.
Her husband has gone to see Aleppo, master of the Tiger.
Only I’ll sail there in a sieve,
And, like a rat without a tail,
I’ll do harm, I’ll do harm, and I’ll do harm.

SECOND WITCH:
I’ll give you a wind for your sail.

FIRST WITCH:
You are kind.

THIRD WITCH:
And I will give you another one.

FIRST WITCH:
I myself have all the other winds.
And they blow at all the ports.
They know all the quarters
On a sailor’s compass.
I will drain him as dry as hay.
Sleep will not hang night or day
On the roof of his house;
He shall live like a man under a curse.
Worn out with fatigue for a week, and very cross,
He will waste away, droop in health and spirit .
Though his ship will not be lost,
It will be tossed about on the rough ocean.
Look what I have.

SECOND WITCH:
Show me, show me.

FIRST WITCH:
I have a sea captain’s thumb here, Whose ship was wrecked as he was coming home.

THIRD WITCH:
A drum, a drum! Macbeth does come.

ALL:
The three witches, hand in hand,
Messengers of the events on the sea and land,
In this way are scheming, scheming.
Three times to you, and three times to me,
And three times again, to make up nine.
Quiet! The charm’s going to bring things to a head.

MACBETH:
I have never seen a day that is so disgustingly filthy and beautiful.

BANQUO:
How far is it to the town of Forres? What are these things
With shrunken skin and wild clothes,
That don’t look not like they live on earth,
Only are still on it? Are you alive? Or are you any thing
That man may question? You seem to understand me,
Since you each are laying a scrawny finger
Upon your skinny lips. You should be women,
Only since you have beards, I can’t say
That you are women.

MACBETH:
Speak, if you can; what are you?

FIRST WITCH:
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to you, Baron of Glamis!

SECOND WITCH:
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to you, Baron of Cawdor!

THIRD WITCH:
All hail, Macbeth! That shall be king hereafter!

BANQUO:
Good sir, why are you startled, and seem afraid of
Things that sound so beautiful? In the name of truth,
Are you fantastic beings or indeed what
You look like? You greet my noble partner
With current grace and great predictions
Of having nobility and of the hope to be king,
that he seems carried away as well. Only you don’t speak to me.
If you can look into the future,
And say what will happen, and what will not,
Then speak to me, who doesn’t beg or is afraid of
Your favors or your hateful spells.

FIRST WITCH:
Hail!

SECOND WITCH:
Hail!

THIRD WITCH:
Hail!

FIRST WITCH:
You will be less than Macbeth, and much greater.

SECOND WITCH:
Not as happy as Macbeth, only still much happier.

THIRD WITCH:
Your sons will be kings, even though you will not be king.
So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!

FIRST WITCH:
Banquo and Macbeth, all hail!

MACBETH:
Wait, you incomplete speakers, tell me more.
By inheritance, I know I am Baron of Glamis;
Only how am I Baron of Cawdor? The Baron of Cawdor lives,
A prosperous gentleman; and for me to be king
Is beyond belief,
No more than to be Baron of Cawdor. Tell me
How you know these strange things? or why
You interrupt our journey on this blasted heath
With such prophetic greeting? Speak, I command you.

BANQUO:
The earth has bubbles, as boiling water has,
And these spirits are like that. Where did they vanished to?

MACBETH:
Into the air; and what seemed solid melted
Like breath into the wind. I wish they had stayed!

BANQUO:
Are you sure we’re talking about what we’ve seen here?
Or have we eaten some plant root
That makes us hallucinate?

MACBETH:
Your children shall be kings.

BANQUO:
You shall be king.

MACBETH:
And Baron of Cawdor too; isn’t that what they said?

BANQUO:
Yes, in just those words. Who’s here?

ROSS:
Macbeth, the king has happily received
The news of your success. And when he heard about
Your personal venture into the rebels’ fight,
His wonders and his praises don’t fight over
What should be yours or his. Silenced with that story,
And reviewing all the events of the day,
He found you in the stout Norwegian’s ranks,
Not afraid of what you did or the
Strange images of death.
The reports came in As thick as hail and every one of them sang
Your praises in your great defense of the kingdom,
And poured such praises down before the King.

ANGUS:
We are sent from our royal master,
To give you thanks;
Only to bring you, announced, into his sight,
Not just pay you for your brave deeds.

ROSS:
And, for as the first installment of a greater honor,
He ordered me, from him, to call you Baron of Cawdor.
I was also ordered to add, hail, most worthy baron,
For the title of Baron of Cawdor is yours.

BANQUO:
What, can the devil speak the truth?

MACBETH:
The Baron of Cawdor lives. Why do you address me
By his name?

ANGUS:
The man who was the Baron still lives,
Only lives that life which he deserves to lose
Under the death penalty. I don’t know whether he combined
Forces with those of Norway, or aided the rebel
With hidden help and supplies, or that with both
He labored to overthrow his country’s government,
Only his treasons, punishable by death, confessed and proven,
have caused his downfall.

MACBETH:
[Aside.] Glamis, and Baron of Cawdor.
The greatest hurdle is behind me. Thanks for your pains.
Don’t you hope your children shall be kings,
When those things that gave the Baron of Cawdor to me
Promised no less to your children?

BANQUO:
That, my best friend,
Might still inflame you with passion for the crown,
In addition to the title of the Baron of Cawdor.
Only it ‘s strange. And often the instruments of darkness
Tell us truths to win us over and so harm ourselves,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray his purposes
Of most serious results.
Cousins, a word, I beg you.

MACBETH:
[Aside.] Those creatures told two truths
As happy prologues to my ascending
The throne. I thank you, gentlemen.
[Aside.] This supernatural meeting
Can’t be bad, only it can’t be good either. If it’s bad,
Why has it given me promise of success,
That began with a truth? I am Baron of Cawdor.
If it’s good, why do I give in to that suggestion
Whose horrid image makes my hair stand on end,
And makes my heart pound so hard they knock at my ribs,
Against my will to stay calm? My current fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
My thought, whose murder is still only a fantastic idea,
So shakes my manhood, that functioning like a man
Is smothered in unfounded allegations; and nothing is
Only what is not.

Group members:Sui Muhong,Edwin Ho,Ong Haomin,Liu Luyao,Ma Mengdie

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2G Act 1,Scene 5

LADY MACBETH: (Reading)’They met in the day we won the battle, and i have learned by the perfect report that they have more than mortal knowledge in them. When i burned in desire to question them further, they vanished into thin air. While i stood captivated in the wonder of it, came letters from the king,who all-hailed me Thane of Cawdor,by which title, the witches had saluted me and referred me to the future,with, ” Hail,king that shall be!” I thought this was good news to deliver to you, my dearest partner in this greatness,that you might not lose a moment of happiness by being ignorant of what greatness is promised you. Lay it to your heart,and farewell.’

You are the Thane of Glamis and of Cawdor and you shall be, what the witches promised you. Only that i am afraid of your nature.It is too full of milk of human kindness, to a shortcut of power. You would be great,you are not without ambition,only without the drive should usually go with it.While you want to be king,you also want to act like a priest. You would not play the game falsely but would cheat to win. Great Glamis, you have that which cries,”This is what you must do to be a king. And if you are afraid to do what should be done,then forget your wish.” Hurry and get here, so that i can pour my spirits in your ear. And with courage of my tongue, scold you for everything that prevents you from getting the crown,the same crown that luck and supernatural forces want you to get.

Done by Anupriya

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2G Group 4 Scene 4 Translation

DUNCAN:
Has the Cawdor been executed? Have the people I instructed for this task came back?

MALCOLM:
My Lord, they are not back yet. But I have spoken with a person who watched the Cawdor die. He reported that Macdonwald has truthfully confessed to his treasons, pleaded for Your Highness’ forgiveness and displayed a deep repentance. Never in his life showed his good qualities as much as the way he died. He died as if he had be practicing for his death, he throwed away the dearest thing he owned as though it were something of no value

DUNCAN:
There are no abilities to find out what someone thinks or feels. He was a gentleman whom I built an absolute trust –

Enter Macbeth, Banquo, Ross and Angus

DUNCAN:
Thank you cousin! (Praising Macbeth and Banquo) It’s my mistake for not rewarding you yet. You deserve a much greater reward then you had and you had performed so well that I cannot keep up with the rewards I owe you. I wish you had done and deserved less, then I could have thanked and rewarded you, as you deserve. All I have left to say is that you deserve more then everything I own.

MACBETH:
The service and loyalty I owe is its own reward. Your Highness’ part is to see to the duties we did and we shall obey you like children and servants – which do only what they should, by doing everything possible to ensure the safety of you whom we love and honour.

DUNCAN:
Welcome here.
I have begun to nurture your career, and will labor
To make the most of yourself. Noble Banquo,
Who has deserved no less, and must not be known
To have done less than Macbeth, let me embrace you
And hold your presence to my heart.

BANQUO:
If I grow here in your favor, the result is yours.

DUNCAN:
I am so overcome with joy that I am weeping,
Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
in drops of sorrow. – Sons, kinsmen, thanes,
And you whose places are closest in line to the throne, know:
We will settle who will succeed to the throne by naming our eldest son upon
Our eldest, Malcolm; whom we name hereafter as The Prince of Cumberland
(the title held by the heir to the Scottish throne) – this title for Malcolm will not be the only honour handed out,
But everyone who deserves an honour will receive one. – (To Macbeth) From here to Inverness,
And bond us

MACBETH:
I will not be happy unless I work for you. I will go ahead and bring my wife the good news that you’re coming. With that, I’ll be off

DUNCAN:
My worthy Cawdor!

MACBETH:
(Aside) The heir to the Scottish throne! – That is a step
On which I must fall down, or else overleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, do not show yourself
Do not let the light see my black and deep desires! –
Do not let my eyes see what my hand is doing!
But, I would open them after it is done

DUNCAN:
True, worthy Banquo: he is so very courageous,
And it is food to me to hear him praised –
It is a banquet to me. Let’s after him,
Whose care is gone before to bid us welcome.
There is no one to compare with him

By: Kerry, Shermaine, Hui Xin, Lijun, Hsiao Yao and Kai Min 2G
Group 4 Scene 4

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2G Group 1 Scene 1 Translation

FIRST WITCH:
When should the three of us meet again? Will it be in thunder, lightning, or rain?
SECOND WITCH:
We’ll meet when the noise of the battle is over, when one side has won and the other side has lost.
THIRD WITCH:
That will happen before sunset.
FIRST WITCH:
Where should we meet?
SECOND WITCH:
Let’s do it in the open field.
THIRD WITCH:
We’ll meet Macbeth there.
FIRST WITCH:
(calling to her cat) I’m coming, Graymalkin!
SECOND WITCH:
My toad, Paddock, calls me.
THIRD WITCH:
We’re coming at once!
ALL:
Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Lets fly through the fog and filthy air.

Group 1 members : Cheong Meng Wei, Chng Chee Hian, Lionel Chua, Theron Lim, Kiran.P, Lee Koon Teck

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Group 7 Macbeth Translation

Macbeth:

If this killing could be finished when it is done quickly, then it would be best. If the assassination of Duncan could prevent any further trouble and be the end, I would risk my life to do it. However , there will be consequences as we teach others to murder, but they might murder us in return while we might the poison we served to others. Duncan trusts me in two ways as I am his relative and his subject so to protect and help instead of murdering him. He is humble and does not abuse his power. His virtues will plead like angels, loud as a trumpet and against the idea of murdering and sorrow like a naked newborn baby, moving through the storm or heaven’s angels, supported. By the invisible runners, spread news of the horrible deed to everybody. People will shed a flood of tears that will drown the wind. I have no reasons to kill him except for my ambition that rush ahead of themselves.
Enters Lady Macbeth.
What news do you have now?

Lady Macbeth:

He has almost finished his meal. Why did you leave the dining room?

Macbeth:

Has he asked for me?

Lady Macbeth:

Don’t you he has?

Macbeth:

We can’t go on with the plan. The king has just recently honored me, and I have earned the good opinion of all sorts of people which I want to enjoy it for a while.

Lady Macbeth:

Were you drunk when you seemed so hopeful before? Have you gone to sleep and woken up green and pale in fear of this idea? From now, this is what I will consider of the love. Are you afraid to do what you desired? Will you want to be crowned or be a coward?Always saying I can’t after you say I want to like the poor cat in the proverb.

Macbeth:
Please stop it , I dare to do what a man does. Who dares to do more is not a man.

Lady Macbeth:

If you weren’t a man, then what kind of animal were you when you first told me you wanted to do this? When you dared to do it, that’s when you were a man. And if you go one step further by doing what you dared to do before, you’ll be that much more the man. The time and place weren’t right before, but you would have gone ahead with the murder anyhow. Now the time and place are just right, but they’re almost too good for you. I have suckled a baby, and I know how sweet it is to love the baby I milk. Even the baby was smiling up at me, I would have plucked my nipple out of its mouth and smashed its brains out if I swore.

Macbeth:

But if we fail…

Lady Macbeth:

If we fail? If you have courage , we can’t fail. When Duncan is asleep—the day’s hard journey has exhausted him—I’ll get his two servants so drunk that their memory will go up in smoke through the chimneys of their brains. When they lie asleep like pigs, so drunk they’ll be dead to the world, what won’t you and I be able to do to the unguarded Duncan? And whatever we do, we can lay all the blame on the drunken servants.

Macbeth:

May you only give birth to male children, because your fearless spirit should create nothing that isn’t masculine. Once we have covered the two servants with blood, and used their daggers to kill, won’t people believe that they were the culprits?

Lady Macbeth:
Who could think it happened any other way? We’ll be grieving loudly when we hear that Duncan has died.

Macbeth:
Now I’m decided, and I will exert every muscle in my body to commit this crime. Go now, and pretend to be a friendly hostess. Hide with a false pleasant face what you know in your false, evil heart.  Exit.

Done by: Tan Wai Kit , Gerald , Wong Jun Hong , Ong Jun Hong , Alan Chua , Leon Teo , Timofey

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Macbeth,scene 2,act1

Duncan:Who is this bloody man? Judging from the bad state he is in, I bet he can tell us the latest developments in the rebellion.

Malcom:This is the brave sergeant who fought hard to keep me from being captured. Hail, brave friend! Tell the king what was happening in the battle when you left the battle.

Captain:For a while you couldn’t tell who would be victorious. The armies were like two exhausted swimmers clinging to each other and struggling in the water, unable to move. The villainous rebel Macdonwald was supported by foot soldiers and horsemen from Ireland and the Hebrides, and Lady Luck was with him, smiling cruelly at his enemies as if she were his whore, favoring Macdonwald in his sinful course. Lady Luck and Macdonwald together weren’t strong enough, for brave Macbeth, scorning at Lady Luck, chopped his way through to Macdonwald, who didn’t even have time to shake hands or bade farewell before Macbeth split him open from his navel to his jawbone and stuck his head on our castle walls.

Duncan:Brave Macbeth! Such a worthy man!

Captain:However, in the same way that violent storms come just as spring appears, our success against Macdonwald created new problems for us. Listen to this, King: once we sent those Irish soldiers running for cover, the Norwegian king took the opportunity to attack us with fresh troops and weapons.

Duncan:Didn’t this despair our captains, Macbeth and Banquo?

Captain:Yes, they both were no more frightened than fierce creatures would be of timid ones. To tell you the truth, they were like cannons loaded with double ammunition, fighting with double the force. Unless they wanted to take a bath in blood from steaming wounds, or make that battlefield as infamous as Golgotha, where Christ was crucified, I don’t know. But I feel weak. My wounds must be treated.

Duncan:You should be proud of them, Sergeant. They bring you honour. Bring him to the doctor to tend his wounds.

Who are these people?
Malcom:The worthy Scottish lord

Lennox:He looks as though he has startling news to share.

Ross:God save the king!

Duncan:Where were you from, good nobleman?

Ross:Great king, I’ve come from Fife, where the Norwegian flag flies, terrorizing our people.The Norwegians were helped by the traitor Cawdor. He started a bloody battle. Macbeth,heavily armoured, as though newly married to the goddess of war, fought hand to hand, sword against sword with skill and courage. Finally he broke the enemy’s spirit, and we were victorious!

Duncan:Great happiness!

Ross:Now, King of Norway is asking for peace. We will not allow him to bury his people who died in battle until he pays ten thousand pounds at Saint Inchcolme.

Duncan:The traitor Cawdor will not deceive us twice. Execute him immediately. His title will be given to Macbeth. Greet Macbeth with his new given title.

Ross:I will see to it.

Duncan:The thane of Cawdor has lost what noble Macbeth has just won.

END OF ACT 1,SCENE 2

2G, Group2
Done by:Jie Ying(6)
Zi Yun(10)
Sheri-Lyn(19)
Jannah(29)
Violet(37)
Yong Wen(38)

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Group 3 Lit. Translation

Group 3 Lit.

 

The 1^st Witch asks the 2^nd witch where she has gone. She replies that she went to kill pigs. The witch explains of a sailor’s wife who ate chestnuts and the 1^st witch said to the wife to give her the chestnuts. She cries out telling the witch to get out. The wife’s husband is gone on a sailing quest and the witch wants to create trouble for the husband. The two other witches agree and support the 1^st witch. The 1^st witch says that she has control over the winds of the seas and can read where the sailors are. She continues by saying she will torture the husband till he gets exhausted by which he is under a curse by the witch and will eventually waste away. The 1^st witch shows the other witches a sailor’s thumb which shows he was wrecked and had his thumb cut off by the witches.

 

Macbeth arrives and the witches somehow cast a charm on him. Macbeth states he has not seen a day of good and bad. Banquo asks Macbeth how far it is to Forres and also about the witches and their frightening appearance. He describes the witches as creatures that are humanely unaccepted and that because of their appearance, they are not regarded as woman. The three witches hail Macbeth as he will become king after some time. Banquo questions the witches are just fantasy and states Macbeth deserve greater fortune and chance of being king; saying at the same time Macbeth looks carried away by what the witches say.

 

The witches continue worshipping Banquo and Macbeth but say that one of them will be king but will not be king in the future. Macbeth orders the witches to speak the complete story as they say he will become the Thane of Cawdor then to be king. Macbeth questions the witches on how they came to the conclusion of this but the witches disappear. Banquo wonders why the witches vanish while Macbeth wishes the witches would tell him their complete story.

Macbeth says Banquo’s children will become king while Banquo says Macbeth will become king.

 

Ross says the king received the news of Macbeth’s success in killing Macdonwald. The king praises Macbeth for his dangerous quest and his bravery. He salutes Macbeth for his actions. Angus and Ross are sent by the king to lead Macbeth to him. Ross tells Macbeth that he shall become Thane Of Cawdor. Banquo is shocked, refusing to believe that what the witches say is true. Macbeth says Thane of Cawdor lives and he shouldn’t be given the title but Angus explains the Thane of Cawdor does not deserve the title anymore due to his bad deeds of rebelling and treachery.

 

Macbeth asks Banquo whether he hopes his sons would be kings. Banquo states about the witches in which they tell the truth. Macbeth states that the witches cannot be either good or bad. If they were bad, why did they speak the truth? If they were good, why does Macbeth feel terrified of the witches and their appearances? Macbeth is lost in thought as Banquo tells Ross and Angus how Macbeth feels. Macbeth feels that by doing nothing, he might be crowned King. Macbeth asks Banquo to pardon him as he was troubled by past events. He remembers what Banquo has done well to him and asks him to think about what has happened and to think over it in the meantime.

Done By: Stephen, Yi Wei, Patrick. (Oh and I hope summary form works for you. It would be kinda sadistic to say ‘no’ after investing much time in this. But if it really is, oh damn. Gotta hate reality.)

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First task!

All right guys and girls, here’s your first task.

I need you to sign up with WordPress so you can have an account (and therefore post entries), but if everyone of you signed up there’d be 80 accounts to add to this blog. That’s nuts! Therefore, let’s just sign up as a class.

Task 1:

CLASS CHAIRPERSON OR LIT REP of 2F & 2G, your responsibility is to sign up to WordPress (ask me if you do not know how) and disseminate the user ID and password info to your classmates.

Make sure you add this blog to your account.

Deadline: Friday, January 21, 2011 @ 8pm.

Task 2:

In the same groups you were with on Thursday’s LIT class, each group is to take ONE scene in ACT ONE and translate it into plain English for modern audiences.

Post the translation here as a POST, NOT a comment. No need to type out the original text.

Deadline: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 @ 8pm. Failure to submit this comment is the same as failure to submit your homework. I’ll Yellow Card you.

If you were labelled Group 1, your group will translate Scene 1. Group 2 will take Scene 2, so on and so forth. Examples of translations are below. MAKE SURE EVERYONE’S NAMES AND GROUP NUMBER IS LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR POST.

For example:

Duncan: Is execution done on Cawdor? Are not those in commission yet return’d?

Translation: Has Cawdor been executed yet? Are the people I’ve charged with this task back yet?

Another example:

Second Witch: I’ll give thee a wind,

First Witch: Th’art kind.

Translation:

Second Witch: I’ll give you a wind (a helping hand with torturing the sailor aboard the Tiger).

First Witch: Wow, thanks, you’re really kind.

Direct any questions you may have to the comments section.

Have fun!

Miss Chan

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Hello 2F/G Macbethians!

Welcome to the official blog for Miss Chan’s 2011 Sec 2 Lit class! Here you will:

• do your homework
• get updates or homework
• upload blog entries
• interact with each other
• learn about Macbeth
• and have a blast!

I strongly encourage everyone of you to post comments to each other’s work and try to keep this blog as happenin’ as possible. After all, this is the perfect platform for all of you to interact with each other and try to gain a deeper understanding of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

And if this site dies out from the lack of activity, I will find a way to make your Lit marks die too.

Just kidding!

Love,

Miss Chan

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