Act 1 - Quotes Flashcards

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1
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‘Fair is foul and foul is fair’

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The witches (1)

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2
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‘brave Macbeth […] with his brandished steel […] he unseamed him from the nave to th’ chops, And fixed his head upon our battlements’

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Captain (2)

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3
Q

‘noble Macbeth’

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Duncan (2)

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4
Q

‘So foul and fair a day I have not seen’

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Macbeth (3)

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5
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‘oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths’

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Banquo (3)

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6
Q

‘This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good […] Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs’

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Macbeth (3)

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7
Q

‘If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me Without my stir’

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Macbeth (3)

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8
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‘Stars, hide your fires; Let not light See my black and deep desires’

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Macbeth (4)

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9
Q

‘I burned in desire to question them further’

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Macbeth (5)

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10
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‘Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness’

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Lady Macbeth (5 soliloquy)

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11
Q

‘Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it’

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Lady Macbeth (5 soliloquy)

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12
Q

‘I may pour my spirits in thine ear’

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Lady Macbeth (5 soliloquy)

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13
Q

‘unsex me here’
‘Come to my woman’s breast, And take my milk for gall’

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Lady Macbeth (5 soliloquy)

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14
Q

‘My dearest love’
‘dearest partner of greatness’

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Macbeth (5)

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15
Q

‘Look like th’ innocent flower, But be the serpent under ‘t ‘

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Lady Macbeth (5)

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16
Q

‘our honoured hostess’

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Duncan (6)

17
Q

‘as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself’

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Macbeth (7 soliloquy)

18
Q

‘I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition’

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Macbeth (7 soliloquy)

19
Q

‘We will proceed no further in this business’

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Macbeth (7)

20
Q

‘And live a cowards in thine own esteem’
‘screw your courage to the sticking-place’

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Lady Macbeth (7)

21
Q

‘Bring forth men-children only’

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Macbeth (7)