Macbeth

[Shawn]

can someone translate this?

Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time,
Ere human statute purged the gentle weal;

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

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[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Nik
http://www.stopbeingsuchalazyfuck.com

google translates old english now?

 

[Shawn]

that's what I thought

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Supercharged
that's what I thought

You fvcking moron, you can find translators online. If not, you can find cliff's notes that explains it all. Jesus, use your brain! You have one, don't you?

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: Supercharged
that's what I thought

You fvcking moron, you can find translators online. If not, you can find cliff's notes that explains it all. Jesus, use your brain! You have one, don't you?

whoa calm down there. he's just asking for some help.

 

[shopbruin]

nearly impossible to translate without given the context of the story and which part it is in.

 

[LtPage1]

Originally posted by: Supercharged
can someone translate this?

Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time,
Ere human statute purged the gentle weal;

ok, lessee- im pretty good at english.


people have been killed before now, long ago
before human law cleansed the gentle something

thats all the time im going to spend on it. good luck.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: Supercharged
that's what I thought

You fvcking moron, you can find translators online. If not, you can find cliff's notes that explains it all. Jesus, use your brain! You have one, don't you?

come on, i know you can cram more insults into one line. Ok, i'll even let you up your resolution on your monitor a little bit so the line is longer for you.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: Supercharged
that's what I thought

You fvcking moron, you can find translators online. If not, you can find cliff's notes that explains it all. Jesus, use your brain! You have one, don't you?

Did one of your celebrity girlfriends cheat on you again?


You know I am just playing right, nothing but :heart:.

 

[AreaCode707]

What section of the play is it in?

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: Supercharged
that's what I thought

You fvcking moron, you can find translators online. If not, you can find cliff's notes that explains it all. Jesus, use your brain! You have one, don't you?

Get off your high horse asshat. You think I didn't already look? You try doing a search for shakespear quotes. You'll find thousands upon thousands of pages just listing his works. Then if you are lucky to actually find some sort of translation it is usually a general synopsis of a passage or a whole fvcking scene. I need a literal translation.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Try searching for something other than "shakespeare quotes".

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: HotChic
What section of the play is it in?

MACBETH

Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time,
Ere human statute purged the gentle weal;
Ay, and since too, murders have been perform'd
Too terrible for the ear: the times have been,
That, when the brains were out, the man would die,
And there an end; but now they rise again,
With twenty mortal murders on their crowns,
And push us from our stools: this is more strange
Than such a murder is.

That's the whole passage. It's in Act 3 Scene 4.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: LtPage1

Originally posted by: Supercharged
can someone translate this?

Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time,
Ere human statute purged the gentle weal;

ok, lessee- im pretty good at english.


people have been killed before now, long ago
before human law cleansed the gentle something

thats all the time im going to spend on it. good luck.

That helped a lot actually. Thanks.

 

[slick230]

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[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: Supercharged

Originally posted by: HotChic
What section of the play is it in?

MACBETH

Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time,
Ere human statute purged the gentle weal;
Ay, and since too, murders have been perform'd
Too terrible for the ear: the times have been,
That, when the brains were out, the man would die,
And there an end; but now they rise again,
With twenty mortal murders on their crowns,
And push us from our stools: this is more strange
Than such a murder is.

That's the whole passage. It's in Act 3 Scene 4.

Just found it myself. gentle weal is defined as "lawful (or "non-violent") commonwaleth. The line employs rhetorical prolepsis: the 'weal' is 'gentle' after it has been 'purged'."

Def of prolepsis

I still have all my fully annotated copies of Shakespeare from college

So-

Blood has been shed before now, in the old times before human laws purged the lawful commonwealth.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: HotChic

Originally posted by: Supercharged

Originally posted by: HotChic
What section of the play is it in?

MACBETH

Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time,
Ere human statute purged the gentle weal;
Ay, and since too, murders have been perform'd
Too terrible for the ear: the times have been,
That, when the brains were out, the man would die,
And there an end; but now they rise again,
With twenty mortal murders on their crowns,
And push us from our stools: this is more strange
Than such a murder is.

That's the whole passage. It's in Act 3 Scene 4.

Just found it myself. gentle weal is defined as "lawful (or "non-violent") commonwaleth. The line employs rhetorical prolepsis: the 'weal' is 'gentle' after it has been 'purged'."

Def of prolepsis

I still have all my fully annotated copies of Shakespeare from college

So-

Blood has been shed before now, in the old times before human laws purged the lawful commonwealth.

Thanks!