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Old Man

I can remember the last seventy years well. In all that time I’ve seen my share of terrible times and strange things, but last night’s violence made them all seem trivial.

Ross

Good old man, you see the heavens threatening us because they are outraged by what’s happened here on earth. According to the clock it’s daytime, and yet darkness seems to be strangling the sun. Is it because of the night’s strength, or the day's shame, that we see darkness bury the earth when it should be blessed by daylight?

Porter

Here’s a lot of knocking. If a man were porter of the gate to Hell, he’d have a lot of key-turning to do.

Knock, knock, knock! Who is it, in the devil’s name? Oh, here’s a farmer who hoarded goods, and then hanged himself when the market fell. Come right in. Make sure you have enough handkerchiefs, you’re going to get sweaty in here.

Lady Macbeth

What made them drunk made me brave, what made them unconscious has set me on fire. Listen! Shhh! It was an owl that just shrieked like a night watchman, delivering a cruel message of death. He’s doing it, the doors are open and the drunk servants are making a mockery of their responsibilities with their snoring. The drugs I put in their drink were so strong that they seem as dead as alive.

Macbeth

[Inside] Who's there? What!

Banquo

How’s the night going, son?

Fleance

The moon’s gone down. I haven’t heard the clock.

Banquo

And the moon goes down about midnight.

Fleance

I think it’s later than that, father.