Vol. 08 · Shakespeare ·Macbeth, Act V.i ·Lady Macbeth
"Out, damn spot!"
Not quite the line.
How it's usually quoted
"Out, damn spot!"
What Shakespeare actually wrote
"Out, damned spot! Out, I say!" Lady Macbeth — Macbeth, Act V.i
Why it matters
"Damned" (two syllables in Elizabethan pronunciation) is the past participle doing real work — Lady Macbeth sees the blood as cursed, not just stubborn.
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