Shakespeares Cats

Othello

Act V scene 11

Desdemona protests her innocence and begs Othello to spare her life.

 

Kill me tomorrow, let me live tonight.

 

Macbeth

Act 11 scene 11

After murdering Duncan, Macbeth has distractedly brought away the daggers with him. Appalled at what he has done, he cannot bring himself to put the daggers back; but Lady Macbeth, made of sterner stuff, takes over.

 

Infirm of purpose!

Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead, are but as pictures;

Tis the eye of childhood, that fears a painted devil.

 

Richard 111

Act 1 scene 1

Richard Duke of Gloucester conceals the fact that he is plotting to remove all obstacles that stand between himself and the crown of England.

 

 

Now is the winter of our discontent

Made glorious summer by this son of York;

And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house

In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.