![]() ![]() If only the death blow could be the end of it. If only all the danger could end with Duncan’s death. ![]() If only the repercussions of the murder could be controlled. If it could be all finished and done with when it’s done then it may as well be done quickly. What should he do? He faced the tower wall and pressed his forehead against it. ‘If It Were Done When ‘Tis Done’ Soliloquy Translation Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itselfĪnd falls on the other. To prick the sides of my intent, but only Striding the blast, or heaven’s cherubim, horsed Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against So clear in his great office, that his virtues Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been Who should against his murderer shut the door, Strong both against the deed then, as his host, He’s here in double trust įirst, as I am his kinsman and his subject, To plague the inventor: this even-handed justiceĬommends the ingredients of our poison’d chalice We still have judgment here that we but teachīloody instructions, which, being taught, return Might be the be-all and the end-all here,īut here, upon this bank and shoal of time, With his surcease success that but this blow It were done quickly: if the assassinationĬould trammel up the consequence, and catch If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well ‘If It Were Done When ‘Tis Done’, Spoken by Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7 Read Shakespeare’s ‘If it were done when ’tis done’ soliloquy from Macbeth below with modern English translation and analysis, plus a video performance. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order.
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