Act 1 Quotes Flashcards
“Fair is…
foul and foul is fair”
~ All Three Witches
Act 1 Scene 1
“____ Macdonwald”
merciless
~ Sergeant
Act 1 Scene 2
Macdonwald is the leader of the rebels fighting against Scotland
“merciless ____”
Macdonwald
~ Sergeant
Act 1 Scene 2
Macdonwald is the leader of the rebels fighting against Scotland
“brave Macbeth - well …”
…he deserves that name”
~ Sergeant
Act 1 Scene 2
“unseamed him…
from the nave to th’chaps”
~ Sergeant
Act 1 Scene 2
Macbeth flamboyantly kills Macdonwald
“valiant cousin…
… worthy gentleman”
~ Duncan
Act 1 Scene 2
“Assisted by …”
…that most disloyal traitor “
~ Ross
Act 1 Scene 2
Ross here is describing the events of the battle
He is referring to Macbeth’s predecessor as Thane of Cawdor as “disloyal”, foregrounding Macbeth’s later traiterous behaviour
This happens just before Duncan assigns the title to Macbeth
“Bellona’s ____”
bridegroom”
~ Ross
Act 1 Scene 2
Used by Ross to refer to Macbeth in battle
Alliterative ‘b’ shows Macbeth’s power and impact, establishing as an archetypal (tragic) hero
Bellona was the Roman Goddess of War who was occasionally worshipped by ancient people with human sacrifices - following/being married to overly powerful women leads to savagery and so does defying God through following polytheistic systems, or just other non-christian beliefs - James I was a Protestant
“____ bridegroom”
Bellona’s
~ Ross
Act 1 Scene 2
Used by Ross to refer to Macbeth in battle
Alliterative ‘b’ shows Macbeth’s power and impact, establishing as an archetypal (tragic) hero
Bellona was the Roman Goddess of War who was occasionally worshipped by ancient people with human sacrifices - following/being married to overly powerful women leads to savagery and so does defying God through following polytheistic systems, or just other non-christian beliefs - James I was a Protestant
“what he hath lost, …
noble Macbeth hath won”
~ Duncan
Act 1 Scene 2
Final line of Act 1 Scene 2
Refering to the title of Thane of Cawdor after Macbeth’s predecessor betrayed Scotland
“Though his ____ cannot be ____ / yet it shall be ____”
bark lost tossed
~ Second Witch
Act 1 Scene 3
Talking about what she was doing before they met up as Witches again
“His” refers to the husband of a woman who annoyed the witch by not allowing her to eat her chestnuts
Bark refers to a ship
Before Macbeth and Banquo enter for the first time in the play
“so fair and…
foul a day I have not seen”
~ Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 3 - Where Macbeth is introduced
Macbeth’s very first line
“look not like …”
… the inhabitants of the earth”
~ Banquo
Act 1 Scene 3
Refering to the Witches other-worldly appearance
“Are ye fantastical, or …
…that indeed / which outwardly you show?”
~ Banquo
Act 1 Scene 3
Banquo is sceptical of all aspects of the witches, unlike Macbeth who is too trusting of them and ultimately blinded by the prospect of his ambitions being met
“Lesser than Macbeth but…
…greater”
~ First Witch
Act 1 Scene 3
Prophecy refering to Banquo (possibly to the nobility of his resistance of temptation)
“Thou shalt get kings, …
…though thou be none”
~ Third Witch
Act 1 Scene 3
Shows the importance of lineage
Prophecy about Banquo being the father of Kings despite not being one himself
(It is thought that James I was the descendant of the real Banquo)
“Why do you …
… dress me in borrowed robes?”
~ Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 3
After Ross has immediately confirmed the truth in the witches’ prophecy
“Oftentimes, to win us to our harm / …
… the instruments of darkness tell us truths / Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s / in deepest consequence”
~ Banquo
Act 1 Scene 3
Banquo is sceptical and astute (meaning can accurately assess people or situations)
“On which I must…
fall down, or else o’er-leap”
~ Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 4
“Stars, hide ____ ____; let not _____ ____ my _____ and _____ desires”
your fires light see black deep
~ Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 4
“Let not light…
see my black and deep desires”
~ Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 4
“my dearest partner…
…of greatness”
~ Lady Macbeth reading Macbeth’s letter
Act 1 Scene 5
Macbeth addresses Lady Macbeth as his “dearest partner of greatness” in the middle of his letter in which he tells her of both the Cawdor and King prophecies
“Yet do I fear thy nature: It is…
too full o’th’milk of human kindness”
~ Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 5 - LM’s First Scene
within her soliloquy before Macbeth’s arrival
(At the Macbeth’s Inverness Castle)
“Yet do I ____ thy _ : it is ____ ____ o’th’ _ of human ______”
fear nature too full milk kindness
~ Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 5 - LM’s First Scene
within her soliloquy before Macbeth’s arrival
(At the Macbeth’s Inverness Castle)
“I may pour…
my spirits in thine ear”
~ Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 5 - LM’s First Scene
within her soliloquy before Macbeth’s arrival
(At the Macbeth’s Inverness Castle)
“Come you ____ […] ____ me here”
Not from KO
spirits unsex
~ Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 5 - LM’s First Scene
within her soliloquy before Macbeth’s arrival
(At the Macbeth’s Inverness Castle)
“Come to my women’s…
breasts, and take my milk for gall”
~ Lady Macbeth
Gall is bile, a digestive fluid produced by the liver
Act 1 Scene 5 - LM’s First Scene
within her soliloquy before Macbeth’s arrival
(At the Macbeth’s Inverness Castle)
“____ to my ______ ______, and take my ____ for ____”
Come women’s breasts milk gall
~ Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 5 - LM’s First Scene
within her soliloquy before Macbeth’s arrival
(At the Macbeth’s Inverness Castle)
“Look like th’…
innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”
~ Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 5 - LM’s First Scene
after Macbeth’s arrival
(At the Macbeth’s Inverness Castle)
“have _______ my nipple from his ________ ____, and ______ his ______ out”
plucked boneless gums dashed brains
~ Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7 - Final Scene of Act 1
(At the Macbeth’s Inverness Castle)
“have plucked my…
nipple from his boneless gums, and dashed his brains out”
~ Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7 - Final Scene of Act 1
(At the Macbeth’s Inverness Castle)
“False face must…
Not from KO
hide what the false heart doth know”
~ Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7 - Final Scene of Act 1
Final line on Act 1
(At the Macbeth’s Inverness Castle)
black and ____ ____
deep desires
