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To be, or not to be, that is the question...
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1. Hamlet ponders life, death, and what it means to exist.
Out, damned spot! Out, I say!
Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1. Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking and trying to wash the blood from her hands.
O, I am fortune's fool!
Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 1. Romeo bemoans his fate after Tybalt’s death.
Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar!
Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1. Julius Caesar is assassinated and expresses a sense of betrayal by his friend Brutus.
The quality of mercy is not strained...
The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1. Portia, disguised as a lawyer, speaks on the nature of mercy to Shylock.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow...
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2. Juliet bids farewell to Romeo during the balcony scene.
Is this a dagger which I see before me...
Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 1. Macbeth hallucinates a dagger pointing him towards Duncan's chamber.
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!
King Lear, Act 3, Scene 2. King Lear rages against the storm on the heath.
O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!
Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2. Hamlet expresses his deep sorrow and wishes his physical body could dissolve.
When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 1. The Witches plan their next meeting.
A plague o' both your houses!
Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 1. Mercutio curses the Montagues and Capulets as he dies.
All the world's a stage...
As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7. Jaques speaks about the seven ages of man.
Othello: It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul.
Othello, Act 5, Scene 2. Othello speaks to himself before he kills Desdemona.
Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1. Lady Macbeth despairs over the guilt of Duncan's murder.
Cry 'havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war...
Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1. Antony reacts to Caesar's assassination.
I am a man more sinned against than sinning.
King Lear, Act 3, Scene 2. King Lear mourns his mistreatment by his daughters.
O happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die.
Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3. Juliet kills herself after finding Romeo dead.
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 1. The Witches brew a potion and chant.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2. Cassius suggests to Brutus that it's their own fault they are not as powerful as Caesar.
O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon’t, A brother’s murder.
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3. Claudius admits his guilt in the murder of his brother.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more...
Henry V, Act 3, Scene 1. King Henry rallies his troops at the siege of Harfleur.
Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.
Antony and Cleopatra, Act 5, Scene 2. Cleopatra prepares for her own death.
Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. From this time forth I never will speak word.
Othello, Act 5, Scene 2. Iago refuses to explain his motives after his plot is uncovered.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 2. Antony addresses the public at Caesar's funeral.
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
The Tempest, Act 2, Scene 2. Trinculo seeks shelter beside Caliban during a storm.
What's done cannot be undone.
Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1. Lady Macbeth reflects on the irreversible nature of their actions.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2. Romeo reflects on Mercutio's teasing about love.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
King Lear, Act 1, Scene 4. King Lear laments the ingratitude of his daughter, Goneril.
Why then, tomorrow I shall be content.
Richard II, Act 3, Scene 2. King Richard II expresses resignation to his fate the day before his downfall.
Let Rome in Tiber melt, and the wide arch Of the ranged empire fall! Here is my space.
Antony and Cleopatra, Act 1, Scene 1. Antony expresses his disregard for Rome in favor of his love for Cleopatra.
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