
play·classic·
Macbeth
William Shakespeare · 1606
Skip the plot, everyone can find that. Readers keep the residue here: the sentence that survived after the cover closed.
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What did Macbeth leave in you?
One sentence. Forget the review voice. Write the line you'd underline and whisper to a friend on the train.
Live proof
The line you carried will sit here, in print.
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10 lines · sorted by underlines · offline shelf
- CarriedNo. 9HP852
Something wicked this way comes. The witches announce the protagonist, not a visitor.
Carried out ofMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1606not yet underlinedCarried byPetra15 FEB 2026 - CarriedNo. P5WEQR
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, the most beautiful sentence about futility in English.
Carried out ofMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1606not yet underlinedCarried byIlan15 MAR 2026 - CarriedNo. 5NV2R1
Out, damned spot! Lady Macbeth sleepwalks through her conscience. Guilt keeps hours.
Carried out ofMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1606not yet underlinedCarried byGrace15 APR 2026 - CarriedNo. F1497Y
Is this a dagger which I see before me? Hallucination or recruitment? The dagger always wins.
Carried out ofMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1606not yet underlinedCarried byTheo15 MAY 2026 - CarriedNo. 4YR6P4
Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't. The worst marriage advice that works.
Carried out ofMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1606not yet underlinedCarried byRosa15 JUN 2026 - CarriedNo. U6EO20
Macduff was not of woman born. Read the fine print on prophecies. Always.
Carried out ofMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1606not yet underlinedCarried byMira15 JUL 2026 - CarriedNo. D441ZU
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player. The play got a soliloquy about itself.
Carried out ofMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1606not yet underlinedCarried byDario15 AUG 2026 - CarriedNo. NFE13L
The wine of life is drawn. Macbeth at his most honest, seconds too late.
Carried out ofMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1606not yet underlinedCarried byOwen15 SEP 2026 - CarriedNo. 3Y0N1Y
Birnam Wood actually moved. Prophecies are just deadlines wearing riddles.
Carried out ofMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1606not yet underlinedCarried byGrace15 OCT 2026 - CarriedNo. 97MTA8
Carried out of it: ambition without a spine becomes a wardrobe of daggers.
Carried out ofMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1606not yet underlinedCarried byPetra27 OCT 2026