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Incorporating Quotations

Incorporating Quotations. JL Ilsley High School Macbeth Essay. Which Style?. At JL Ilsley High School, we use the APA, or American Psychological Association, style of essay writing and citing sources. This is the most commonly-used format for essays in the social sciences and Humanities.

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Incorporating Quotations

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  1. Incorporating Quotations JL Ilsley High School Macbeth Essay

  2. Which Style? • At JL Ilsley High School, we use the APA, or American Psychological Association, style of essay writing and citing sources. This is the most commonly-used format for essays in the social sciences and Humanities. • Other formats include the MLA (Modern Languages Association) style and the Chicago style. In university, you should always ask your professors which style they would like you to adopt when writing papers.

  3. APA Style – Incorporating Quotations • APA makes a distinction between long and short quotations. For short quotations of Shakespeare, (quotations of four lines or fewer), the quotation is placed in quotation marks, and the Act, Scene and line(s) are placed in parentheses at the end. If you are citing more than one line, use a backslash to indicate the end of each line of text.

  4. Short Quotation – Example: Macbeth reveals his ambition in Act I upon hearing that Malcolm has been named heir to the throne: “The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step/on which I must fall down or else o’erleap/for in my way it lies.” (I, iv, 48-50)

  5. Long Quotes • In the APA style, anything over four lines of text is considered a long quotes, and should be incorporated using the long-quotation format. This means that the quotation is set apart from the (double-spaced) essay; skip a line, indent (tab twice), and single space, WITH NO QUOTATION MARKS. The Act, Scene and Line(s) are placed in parentheses at the end.

  6. Long Quote Example Lady Macbeth realizes that she will have to rid herself of her female nature in order to find the strength to kill King Duncan: Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here And fill me from the crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty; make thick my blood Stop up the access and passage to remorse. (I, v, 38-42) It is clear that she is making herself the man she believes her husband is incapable of being; cold, calculating, heartless and cruel.

  7. Incorporating Dialogue Shakespearean dialogue is set apart, much like long quotations are. For example: Lady Macbeth discusses the future with her husband, who is uncertain: Macbeth: If we should fail. Lady Macbeth: We fail? (I, vii, 58-59)

  8. Incorporating outside sources • APA style suggests that sources should be referenced within the text of the paper. There should be a leading sentence before the quotation that explains the reference and offers some insight. For example: In her article “Nodding Off: Insomnia and Moral Distraction” (2010), Mary MacDonald suggests that “insomnia must be treated as a dangerous illness.” ( Maclean’s, February 6, 2010, p. 22)

  9. Works Cited • If you are working from our copy of Macbeth alone, you do not need to include a “Works Cited” page. • If you have researched outside sources, you must cite them, alphabetically, on a “Works Cited” page at the end of your essay. Follow the JL Ilsley Handbook for correct citation procedures.

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